diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index f572fa819..b521a8aff 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@
+November 30th, 2001 [markh]: Chapter 5: Added static
+library explanation originally posted on lfs-apps (when it still
+existed) by Plasmatic.
+
November 26th, 2001 [markh]: Chapter 5+6: Updated to
kernel-2.4.16 and modutils-2.4.12.
diff --git a/chapter05/chapter05.xml b/chapter05/chapter05.xml
index fc158974c..aae848b3b 100644
--- a/chapter05/chapter05.xml
+++ b/chapter05/chapter05.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
&c5-introduction;
+&c5-whystatic;
&c5-installasroot;
&c5-bash;
&c5-binutils;
diff --git a/chapter05/whystatic.xml b/chapter05/whystatic.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9877ceff8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chapter05/whystatic.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+
+Why do we use static linking?
+
+
+Thanks to Plasmatic for posting the text on which this is mainly
+based to one of the LFS mailing lists.
+
+When making (compiling) a program, rather than having to rewrite all the
+functions for dealing with the kernel, hardware, files, etc. everytime you
+write a new program, all these basic functions are instead kept in libraries.
+glibc, which you install later, is one of these major libraries, which contain
+code for all the basic functions programs use, like opening files, printing
+information on the screen, and getting feedback from the user. When the
+program is compiled, these libraries of code are linked together with the new
+program, so that it can use any of the functions that the library
+has.
+
+However, these libraries can be very large (for example, libc.a
+from can often be around 2.5MB), so you may not want a seperate copy of
+each library attached to the
+program. Just imagine if you had a simple command like ls with an extra 2.5MB
+attached to it! Instead of making the library an actual part of the
+program, or Statically Linked, the library is kept a seperate file,
+which is loaded only when the program needs it. This is what we call Dynamically
+Linked, as the library is loaded and unloaded dynamically, as the program needs
+it.
+
+So now we have a 1kb file and a 2.5MB file, but we still haven't saved any
+space (except maybe RAM until the library is needed). The REAL advantage to
+dynamically linked libraries is that we only need one copy of the library.
+If ls and rmboth use the same
+library, then we don't need two copies of the
+library, as they can both get the code from the same file.
+Even when in memory, both programs share the same code, rather than loading
+duplicates into memory. So not only are we saving hard disk space, but also
+precious RAM.
+
+If dynamic linking saves so much room, then why are we making everything
+statically linked? Well, that's because when you chroot into your brand new
+(but very incomplete) LFS environment, these dynamic libraries won't be
+available because they are somewhere else in your old directory tree
+(/usr/lib for example) which won't be accessible
+from within your LFS root ($LFS).
+
+So in order for your new programs to run inside the chroot environment you
+need to make sure that the libraries are statically linked when you build
+them, hence the --enable-static-link,
+--disable-shared, and
+-static flags used
+through Chapter 5. Once in Chapter 6, the first thing we do is build the
+main set of system libraries, glibc. Once this is made we start rebuilding
+all the programs we just did in Chapter 5, but this time dynamically linked,
+so that we can take advantage of the space saving opportunites.
+
+And there you have it, that's why you need to use those weird
+-static flags. If you try building everything
+without them, you'll see very quickly what
+happens when you chroot into your newly crippled LFS system.
+
+If you want to know more about Dynamically Linked Libraries, consult a
+book or website on programming, especially a Linux-related site.
+
+
diff --git a/index.xml b/index.xml
index 1ab4cbc76..77f378579 100644
--- a/index.xml
+++ b/index.xml
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
-
-
+
+
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@
+