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Loadable Kernel Modules
January/February 1999 (vol. 16 no. 1)
pp. 65-71
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Juan-Mariano de Goyeneche, Elena Apolinario Fernández de Sousa, "Loadable Kernel Modules," IEEE Software, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 65-71, January/February, 1999.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/52.744571,
author = {Juan-Mariano de Goyeneche and Elena Apolinario Fernández de Sousa},
title = {Loadable Kernel Modules},
journal ={IEEE Software},
volume = {16},
number = {1},
issn = {0740-7459},
year = {1999},
pages = {65-71},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/52.744571},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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The Linux kernel uses dynamically loadable modules to simplify and shorten development time, to make configuration easier, and to save kernel memory. This gives a level of flexibility and efficiency not present in many other Unixes. Here is how it's done.

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Juan-Mariano de Goyeneche, Elena Apolinario Fernández de Sousa, "Loadable Kernel Modules," IEEE Software, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 65-71, Jan.-Feb. 1999, doi:10.1109/52.744571
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