Linux Kernel Diagram
Contributed by Costa 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/HEAD/Linux_kernel_diagram.dot
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Linux_kernel_diagram.gv.txt
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IRQ -> CPU
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NFS;
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VFS -> NFS [weight = 0]
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FS;
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proc;
processing_ -> proc;
HI_;
char;
HI_ -> char;
MA;
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//PA;
IRQ;
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RAM;
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© 2007-2022 Costa Shulyupin, licensed under EPL