Pointer ist in der Funktion beschrieben, außerhalb wieder NULL

typedef struct listNode node;

int main(void)

{

    static node* list = NULL;

    initList(list, 2);

    printList(list);

}

static void initList(node* list, uint8_t data_u8)

{

    node* newList = malloc(sizeof(node));

    if(NULL != newList)

    {

        newList->data_u8 = data_u8;

        newList->next = NULL;

        list = newList;

        printf("address: %p\tvalue: %i\r\n", newList, newList->data_u8);

        printf("address: %p\tvalue: %i\r\n", list, list->data_u8);

    }

}

static void printList(node* list)

{

    if(NULL != list)

    {

        do{

            printf("address: %p\tvalue: %i\r\n", list, list->data_u8);

        }while(list->next != NULL);

        printf("\r\n\r\n");

    }

    printf("list is NULL\r\n");

}