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Signed-off-by: Bhaskar Chowdhury --- Documentation/process/howto.rst | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/process/howto.rst b/Documentation/process/howto.rst index 9438e03d6f50..c5164a27fc1a 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/howto.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/howto.rst @@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ experience, the following books are good for, if anything, reference: - "The C Programming Language" by Kernighan and Ritchie [Prentice Hall] - "Practical C Programming" by Steve Oualline [O'Reilly] - "C: A Reference Manual" by Harbison and Steele [Prentice Hall] - + - "Linux System Programming" by Robert Love [O'Reilly] + - "Linux Kernel Development" By Robert Love [Pearson] The kernel is written using GNU C and the GNU toolchain. While it adheres to the ISO C11 standard, it uses a number of extensions that are not featured in the standard. The kernel is a freestanding C -- 2.52.0