a question abt variable names....

[Nikhil Bhargava]

hi,

I have seen many functions andvariables in kernel code defines as __XXXX()/__XXXXX. I know that these refer to kernel defintions but i want to know why are the variables in this fashion and also what difference is between declaring 

__XXXX and _XXXX


Thnks,

nikhil
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