On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 19:51:36 -0500, Michael R. Hines <mhines@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The ones with underscores usually have matching functions withOUT > underscores. They are meant to be private calls. Indeed. Some even have up to 4 underscores or perhaps more! For example, the code which is contained within the kernel file kernel/kmod.c that maintains khelper. [ Those on #kernelnewbies will have noted my pain earlier when the "bug" I thought I'd found therein turned out to be a stale kernel build - http://www.jonmasters.org/blog/ ] Cheers, Jon. -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/