Unix v6 Ported to ANSI C

Re:Unix v6 Ported to ANSI C by roxtar on Tuesday November 08, 2011 @06:39PM (#3213441)

The info page says that xv6 was released in Fall 2006. What's new?

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Re:Unix v6 Ported to ANSI C by rtm on Tuesday November 08, 2011 @07:19PM (#3213580)

Address spaces based on paging rather than segments. Much clearer context switching code. File system crash recovery via logging.

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Re:Unix v6 Ported to ANSI C by tankenmate on Wednesday November 09, 2011 @11:16AM (#3216059)

And now using the HLT instruction so you don't chew CPU power unnecessarily, great for QEMU etc on laptops. I just sent you a patch.

Edit: all the user tests passed.

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Re:Unix v6 Ported to ANSI C by tankenmate on Wednesday November 09, 2011 @12:46PM (#3216483)

One thing I forgot to mention, now that the scheduler code has been changed the famous "you are not expected to understand this" comment is gone.

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