Hi Linus, include/linux/vt_kern.h lacks the keyword `extern' for a pointer declaration. diff -urN linux-2.4.0-test11/include/linux/vt_kern.h geert-2.4.0-test11/include/linux/vt_kern.h --- linux-2.4.0-test11/include/linux/vt_kern.h Sun Nov 19 05:57:35 2000 +++ geert-2.4.0-test11/include/linux/vt_kern.h Tue Nov 21 13:32:20 2000 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ wait_queue_head_t paste_wait; } *vt_cons[MAX_NR_CONSOLES]; -void (*kd_mksound)(unsigned int hz, unsigned int ticks); +extern void (*kd_mksound)(unsigned int hz, unsigned int ticks); /* console.c */ Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/