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ISBN-13: 978-0-672-32946-3
ISBN-10: 0-672-32946-8
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Love, Robert.
Linux kernel development / Robert Love. — 3rd ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-672-32946-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Linux. 2. Operating systems (Computers)
I. Title.
QA76.76.O63L674 2010
005.4'32—dc22
2010018961
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First printing June 2010
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