Linux Kernel Diagram
Contributed by Constantine Shulyupin. This is a simpler version of https://makelinux.github.io/kernel_map/. Source code originated at https://github.com/makelinux/linux_kernel_map/blob/master/Linux_kernel_diagram.dot
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Linux_kernel_diagram.gv.txt
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Copyright Constantine Shulyupin, licensed under EPL
Last modified
June 14, 2021
: Update docsy theme (097a529)