ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
-xv6 is inspired by John Lions' Commentary on UNIX 6th Edition (Peer
+xv6 is inspired by John Lions's Commentary on UNIX 6th Edition (Peer
to Peer Communications; ISBN: 1-57398-013-7; 1st edition (June 14,
2000)). See also http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.828/2007/v6.html, which
provides pointers to on-line resources for v6.
xv6 borrows code from the following sources:
JOS (asm.h, elf.h, mmu.h, bootasm.S, ide.c, console.c, and others)
- Plan 9 (bootother.S, mp.h, mp.c, ioapic.h, lapic.c)
+ Plan 9 (bootother.S, mp.h, mp.c, lapic.c)
FreeBSD (ioapic.c)
NetBSD (console.c)
binaries. See http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.828/2007/tools.html.
Then run "make TOOLPREFIX=i386-jos-elf-".
-To run xv6, you can use Bochs or QEMU, both PC simulators. Bochs makes
-debugging easier, but QEMU is much faster.
+To run xv6, you can use Bochs or QEMU, both PC simulators.
+Bochs makes debugging easier, but QEMU is much faster.
To run in Bochs, run "make bochs" and then type "c" at the bochs prompt.
To run in QEMU, run "make qemu". Both log the xv6 screen output to
standard output.