diff --git a/oldtop.c b/oldtop.c
index b9d8701a..9df1be02 100644
--- a/oldtop.c
+++ b/oldtop.c
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@
 #include "top.h"  /* new header for top specific things */
 
 static int *cpu_mapping;
-static int nr_cpu;
 
 /*#######################################################################
  *####  Startup routines: parse_options, get_options,      ##############
@@ -242,12 +241,10 @@ static void get_options(void)
     char Options[256] = "";
     int i;
 
-    nr_cpu = sysconf (_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN);
-    if (nr_cpu < 1) nr_cpu = 1;
-    cpu_mapping = (int *) xmalloc (sizeof (int) * nr_cpu);
+    cpu_mapping = (int *) xmalloc (sizeof (int) * smp_num_cpus);
     /* read cpuname */
-    for (i=0; i< nr_cpu; i++) cpu_mapping[i]=i;
-    header_lines = 6 + nr_cpu;
+    for (i=0; i< smp_num_cpus; i++) cpu_mapping[i]=i;
+    header_lines = 6 + smp_num_cpus;
     fp = fopen(SYS_TOPRC, "r");
     if (fp != NULL) {
 	fgets(Options, 254, fp);
@@ -504,7 +501,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     breakargv:
     }
     
-    if (nr_cpu > 1 && CPU_states)
+    if (smp_num_cpus > 1 && CPU_states)
       header_lines++;
 
     meminfo();  /* need kb_main_total value filled in */
diff --git a/proc/ksym.c b/proc/ksym.c
index 2aef56b5..f80596e7 100644
--- a/proc/ksym.c
+++ b/proc/ksym.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ typedef struct symb {
 } symb;
 
 static const symb fail = { "?", 0 };
-static const char *dash = "-";
+static const char dash[] = "-";
 
 /* These mostly rely on POSIX to make them zero. */
 
diff --git a/proc/sysinfo.c b/proc/sysinfo.c
index 927c32db..5a686f01 100644
--- a/proc/sysinfo.c
+++ b/proc/sysinfo.c
@@ -179,15 +179,12 @@ extern char** environ;
 /* for ELF executables, notes are pushed before environment and args */
 static unsigned long find_elf_note(unsigned long findme){
   unsigned long *ep = (unsigned long *)environ;
-  unsigned long ret = 42;
   while(*ep++);
-//  while(*ep++);
   while(*ep){
-//  printf("%08lx %08lx %011ld %011ld%s\n",ep[0],ep[1],ep[0],ep[1],ep[0]==findme?" <<<":"");
-    if(ep[0]==findme) ret=ep[1];
+    if(ep[0]==findme) return ep[1];
     ep+=2;
   }
-  return ret;
+  return 42;
 }
 
 static void init_libproc(void) __attribute__((constructor));
@@ -195,7 +192,7 @@ static void init_libproc(void){
   /* ought to count CPUs in /proc/stat instead of relying
    * on glibc, which foolishly tries to parse /proc/cpuinfo
    */
-  smp_num_cpus = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_CONF);
+  smp_num_cpus = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_CONF); // or _SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN
   if(smp_num_cpus<1) smp_num_cpus=1; /* SPARC glibc is buggy */
 
   Hertz = find_elf_note(AT_CLKTCK);
diff --git a/ps/global.c b/ps/global.c
index f9185519..45bb67a1 100644
--- a/ps/global.c
+++ b/ps/global.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 #endif
 
 
-static char *saved_personality_text = "You found a bug!";
+static char saved_personality_text[] = "You found a bug!";
 
 int             all_processes = -1;
 char           *bsd_j_format = (char *)0xdeadbeef;
diff --git a/ps/parser.c b/ps/parser.c
index 5a7e0125..0a1cd9ed 100644
--- a/ps/parser.c
+++ b/ps/parser.c
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ static const char *get_opt_arg(void){
 static const char *parse_pid(char *str, sel_union *ret){
   char *endp;
   unsigned long num;
-  static const char *pidrange  = "Process ID out of range.";
-  static const char *pidsyntax = "Process ID list syntax error.";
+  static const char pidrange[]  = "Process ID out of range.";
+  static const char pidsyntax[] = "Process ID list syntax error.";
   num = strtoul(str, &endp, 0);
   if(*endp != '\0')      return pidsyntax;
   if(num<1)              return pidrange;
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ static const char *parse_uid(char *str, sel_union *ret){
   struct passwd *passwd_data;
   char *endp;
   unsigned long num;
-  static const char *uidrange = "User ID out of range.";
-  static const char *uidexist = "User name does not exist.";
+  static const char uidrange[] = "User ID out of range.";
+  static const char uidexist[] = "User name does not exist.";
   num = strtoul(str, &endp, 0);
   if(*endp != '\0'){  /* hmmm, try as login name */
     passwd_data = getpwnam(str);
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ static const char *parse_gid(char *str, sel_union *ret){
   struct group *group_data;
   char *endp;
   unsigned long num;
-  static const char *gidrange = "Group ID out of range.";
-  static const char *gidexist = "Group name does not exist.";
+  static const char gidrange[] = "Group ID out of range.";
+  static const char gidexist[] = "Group name does not exist.";
   num = strtoul(str, &endp, 0);
   if(*endp != '\0'){  /* hmmm, try as login name */
     group_data = getgrnam(str);
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ static const char *parse_cmd(char *str, sel_union *ret){
 
 static const char *parse_tty(char *str, sel_union *ret){
   struct stat sbuf;
-  static const char *missing = "TTY could not be found.";
-  static const char *not_tty = "List member was not a TTY.";
+  static const char missing[] = "TTY could not be found.";
+  static const char not_tty[] = "List member was not a TTY.";
   char path[4096];
   if(str[0]=='/'){
     if(stat(str, &sbuf) >= 0) goto found_it;
diff --git a/ps/sortformat.c b/ps/sortformat.c
index 3e71b3ad..fa8a34c2 100644
--- a/ps/sortformat.c
+++ b/ps/sortformat.c
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ static const char *long_sort_parse(sf_node *sfn){
  * reparse as formatting codes.
  */
 static const char *verify_short_sort(const char *arg){
-  const char *all = "CGJKMNPRSTUcfgjkmnoprstuvy+-";
+  const char all[] = "CGJKMNPRSTUcfgjkmnoprstuvy+-";
   char checkoff[256];
   int i;
   const char *walk;
diff --git a/sysctl.c b/sysctl.c
index 6220efbb..ab497540 100644
--- a/sysctl.c
+++ b/sysctl.c
@@ -39,33 +39,33 @@ static bool false = 0;
 /*
  *    Function Prototypes
  */
-int Usage(const char *name);
-void Preload(const char *filename);
-int WriteSetting(const char *setting);
-int ReadSetting(const char *setting);
-int DisplayAll(const char *path, bool ShowTableUtil);
+static int Usage(const char *name);
+static void Preload(const char *filename);
+static int WriteSetting(const char *setting);
+static int ReadSetting(const char *setting);
+static int DisplayAll(const char *path, bool ShowTableUtil);
 
 
 /*
  *    Globals...
  */
 
-const char *PROC_PATH = "/proc/sys/";
-const char *DEFAULT_PRELOAD = "/etc/sysctl.conf";
+static const char PROC_PATH[] = "/proc/sys/";
+static const char DEFAULT_PRELOAD[] = "/etc/sysctl.conf";
 static bool PrintName;
 static bool PrintNewline;
 
 /* error messages */
-const char *ERR_UNKNOWN_PARAMETER = "error: Unknown parameter '%s'\n";
-const char *ERR_MALFORMED_SETTING = "error: Malformed setting '%s'\n";
-const char *ERR_NO_EQUALS = "error: '%s' must be of the form name=value\n";
-const char *ERR_INVALID_KEY = "error: '%s' is an unknown key\n";
-const char *ERR_UNKNOWN_WRITING = "error: unknown error %d setting key '%s'\n";
-const char *ERR_UNKNOWN_READING = "error: unknown error %d reading key '%s'\n";
-const char *ERR_PERMISSION_DENIED = "error: permission denied on key '%s'\n";
-const char *ERR_OPENING_DIR = "error: unable to open directory '%s'\n";
-const char *ERR_PRELOAD_FILE = "error: unable to open preload file '%s'\n";
-const char *WARN_BAD_LINE = "warning: %s(%d): invalid syntax, continuing...\n";
+static const char ERR_UNKNOWN_PARAMETER[] = "error: Unknown parameter '%s'\n";
+static const char ERR_MALFORMED_SETTING[] = "error: Malformed setting '%s'\n";
+static const char ERR_NO_EQUALS[] = "error: '%s' must be of the form name=value\n";
+static const char ERR_INVALID_KEY[] = "error: '%s' is an unknown key\n";
+static const char ERR_UNKNOWN_WRITING[] = "error: unknown error %d setting key '%s'\n";
+static const char ERR_UNKNOWN_READING[] = "error: unknown error %d reading key '%s'\n";
+static const char ERR_PERMISSION_DENIED[] = "error: permission denied on key '%s'\n";
+static const char ERR_OPENING_DIR[] = "error: unable to open directory '%s'\n";
+static const char ERR_PRELOAD_FILE[] = "error: unable to open preload file '%s'\n";
+static const char WARN_BAD_LINE[] = "warning: %s(%d): invalid syntax, continuing...\n";
 
 
 static void slashdot(char *p, char old, char new){
@@ -85,11 +85,11 @@ static void slashdot(char *p, char old, char new){
  *
  */
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
-const char *me = (const char *)basename(argv[0]);
-bool SwitchesAllowed = true;
-bool WriteMode = false;
-int ReturnCode = 0;
-const char *preloadfile = DEFAULT_PRELOAD;
+   const char *me = (const char *)basename(argv[0]);
+   bool SwitchesAllowed = true;
+   bool WriteMode = false;
+   int ReturnCode = 0;
+   const char *preloadfile = DEFAULT_PRELOAD;
 
    PrintName = true;
    PrintNewline = true;
@@ -154,13 +154,13 @@ return ReturnCode;
  *     Display the usage format
  *
  */
-int Usage(const char *name) {
+static int Usage(const char *name) {
    printf("usage:  %s [-n] variable ... \n"
           "        %s [-n] -w variable=value ... \n" 
           "        %s [-n] -a \n" 
           "        %s [-n] -p <file>   (default /etc/sysctl.conf) \n"
           "        %s [-n] -A\n", name, name, name, name, name);
-return -1;
+   return -1;
 }  /* end Usage() */
 
 
@@ -168,24 +168,24 @@ return -1;
  *     Strip the leading and trailing spaces from a string
  *
  */
-char *StripLeadingAndTrailingSpaces(char *oneline) {
-char *t;
+static char *StripLeadingAndTrailingSpaces(char *oneline) {
+   char *t;
 
-if (!oneline || !*oneline)
-   return oneline;
+   if (!oneline || !*oneline)
+      return oneline;
 
-t = oneline;
-t += strlen(oneline)-1;
+   t = oneline;
+   t += strlen(oneline)-1;
 
-while ((*t == ' ' || *t == '\t' || *t == '\n' || *t == '\r') && t != oneline)
-   *t-- = 0;
+   while ((*t==' ' || *t=='\t' || *t=='\n' || *t=='\r') && t!=oneline)
+      *t-- = 0;
 
-t = oneline;
+   t = oneline;
 
-while ((*t == ' ' || *t == '\t') && *t != 0)
-   t++;
+   while ((*t==' ' || *t=='\t') && *t!=0)
+      t++;
 
-return t;
+   return t;
 } /* end StripLeadingAndTrailingSpaces() */
 
 
@@ -195,13 +195,13 @@ return t;
  *           - we parse the file and then reform it (strip out whitespace)
  *
  */
-void Preload(const char *filename) {
-FILE *fp;
-char oneline[257];
-char buffer[257];
-char *t;
-int n = 0;
-char *name, *value;
+static void Preload(const char *filename) {
+   FILE *fp;
+   char oneline[257];
+   char buffer[257];
+   char *t;
+   int n = 0;
+   char *name, *value;
 
    if (!filename || ((fp = fopen(filename, "r")) == NULL)) {
       fprintf(stderr, ERR_PRELOAD_FILE, filename);
@@ -249,14 +249,14 @@ char *name, *value;
  *     Write a sysctl setting 
  *
  */
-int WriteSetting(const char *setting) {
-int rc = 0;
-const char *name = setting;
-const char *value;
-const char *equals;
-char *tmpname;
-FILE *fp;
-char *outname;
+static int WriteSetting(const char *setting) {
+   int rc = 0;
+   const char *name = setting;
+   const char *value;
+   const char *equals;
+   char *tmpname;
+   FILE *fp;
+   char *outname;
 
    if (!name) {        /* probably don't want to display this err */
       return 0;
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ char *outname;
 
    free(tmpname);
    free(outname);
-return rc;
+   return rc;
 } /* end WriteSetting() */
 
 
@@ -329,12 +329,12 @@ return rc;
  *     Read a sysctl setting 
  *
  */
-int ReadSetting(const char *setting) {
-int rc = 0;
-char *tmpname, *outname;
-char inbuf[1025];
-const char *name = setting;
-FILE *fp;
+static int ReadSetting(const char *setting) {
+   int rc = 0;
+   char *tmpname, *outname;
+   char inbuf[1025];
+   const char *name = setting;
+   FILE *fp;
 
    if (!setting || !*setting) {
       fprintf(stderr, ERR_INVALID_KEY, setting);
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ FILE *fp;
 
    free(tmpname);
    free(outname);
-return rc;
+   return rc;
 } /* end ReadSetting() */
 
 
@@ -392,13 +392,13 @@ return rc;
  *     Display all the sysctl settings 
  *
  */
-int DisplayAll(const char *path, bool ShowTableUtil) {
-int rc = 0;
-int rc2;
-DIR *dp;
-struct dirent *de;
-char *tmpdir;
-struct stat ts;
+static int DisplayAll(const char *path, bool ShowTableUtil) {
+   int rc = 0;
+   int rc2;
+   DIR *dp;
+   struct dirent *de;
+   char *tmpdir;
+   struct stat ts;
 
    dp = opendir(path);
 
@@ -426,6 +426,6 @@ struct stat ts;
       closedir(dp);
    } /* endif */
 
-return rc;
+   return rc;
 } /* end DisplayAll() */
 
diff --git a/top.c b/top.c
index 34ea5c06..4ef740db 100644
--- a/top.c
+++ b/top.c
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ static const char *fmtmk (const char *fmts, ...)
          * in some proc cmdlines, a choice was offered twix space or null. */
 static char *strim (int sp, char *str)
 {
-   static const char *ws = "\b\f\n\r\t\v";
+   static const char ws[] = "\b\f\n\r\t\v";
    char *p;
 
    if (sp)
@@ -927,9 +927,8 @@ static void before (char *me)
 #ifdef PRETEND4CPUS
    Cpu_tot = 4;
 #else
-   Cpu_tot = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN);
+   Cpu_tot = smp_num_cpus;
 #endif
-   if (1 > Cpu_tot) Cpu_tot = 1;
    Cpu_map = alloc_r(NULL, sizeof(int) * Cpu_tot);
    for (i = 0; i < Cpu_tot; i++)
       Cpu_map[i] = i;
@@ -955,7 +954,7 @@ static void before (char *me)
          *   line c: contains w->summclr, msgsclr, headclr, taskclr */
 static void configs_read (void)
 {
-   static const char *err_rc = "bad rcfile, you should delete '%s'";
+   static const char err_rc[] = "bad rcfile, you should delete '%s'";
    char fbuf[RCFBUFSIZ];
    FILE *fp;
    float delay = DEF_DELAY;
@@ -1256,7 +1255,7 @@ static void display_fields (const char *fields, const char *xtra)
          * Change order of displayed fields. */
 static void fields_reorder (void)
 {
-   static const char *prompt =
+   static const char prompt[] =
       "Upper case letter moves field left, lower case right";
    char c, *p;
    int i;
@@ -1286,7 +1285,7 @@ static void fields_reorder (void)
          * Select sort field. */
 static void fields_sort (void)
 {
-   static const char *prompt =
+   static const char prompt[] =
       "Select sort field via field letter, type any other key to return";
    char phoney[PFLAGSSIZ];
    char c, *p;
@@ -1318,7 +1317,7 @@ static void fields_sort (void)
          * Toggle displayed fields. */
 static void fields_toggle (void)
 {
-   static const char *prompt =
+   static const char prompt[] =
       "Toggle fields via field letter, type any other key to return";
    char c, *p;
    int i;
@@ -1420,7 +1419,7 @@ static void win_names (WIN_t *q, const char *name)
          * Display a window/field group (ie. make it "current"). */
 static void win_select (char ch)
 {
-   static const char *prompt = "Choose field group (1 - 4)";
+   static const char prompt[] = "Choose field group (1 - 4)";
 
    /* if there's no ch, it means we're supporting the normal do_key routine,
       so we must try to get our own darn ch by begging the user... */
@@ -2107,10 +2106,10 @@ static void show_a_task (WIN_t *q, proc_t *task)
 static void do_key (unsigned c)
 {
       /* standardized 'secure mode' errors */
-   static const char *err_secure = "\aUnavailable in secure mode";
+   static const char err_secure[] = "\aUnavailable in secure mode";
 #ifdef WARN_NOT_SMP
       /* standardized 'smp' errors */
-   static const char *err_smp = "\aSorry, only 1 cpu detected";
+   static const char err_smp[] = "\aSorry, only 1 cpu detected";
 #endif
 
    switch (c) {
diff --git a/w.c b/w.c
index 279de5fe..c289a915 100644
--- a/w.c
+++ b/w.c
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ static time_t idletime(char *tty) {
 
 /***** 7 character formatted login time */
 static void print_logintime(time_t logt, FILE* fout) {
-    char *weekday[] = { "Sun", "Mon", "Tue", "Wed", "Thu", "Fri", "Sat" },
-	 *month  [] = { "Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul",
+    char weekday[4][] = { "Sun", "Mon", "Tue", "Wed", "Thu", "Fri", "Sat" },
+	 month  [4][] = { "Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul",
 			"Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec" };
     time_t curt;
     struct tm *logtm, *curtm;