If you have better understanding of C language, preprocessor directives usage then you will understand the things more clearly. And as debian developer suggested, if you can provide us with the code snippet may be we can help. ;), also develop a habit of using csope or linux cross reference. On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 11:42 AM, krushnaal pai <krisonearth@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > can someone plz tell me how to understand the linux hardware dependent code > > when we analyse all the functions that are nested one into another > we finally arrive at the inline functions and macros ,so how do > we understand those functions and macros -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ