1*b52151e0Skaashoekxv6 is a re-implementation of Unix Version 6 (v6), which was developed 2*b52151e0Skaashoekby Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson. xv6 follows the structure and 3*b52151e0Skaashoekstyle of v6, but is implemented for a modern x86-based multiprocessor 4*b52151e0Skaashoekusing ANSI C. 5*b52151e0Skaashoek 6*b52151e0Skaashoekxv6 is inspired by the following work by Lions about Unix version 6: 7*b52151e0Skaashoek 8*b52151e0Skaashoek- Lions' Commentary on UNIX' 6th Edition, John Lions, Peer to Peer 9*b52151e0SkaashoekCommunications; ISBN: 1-57398-013-7; 1st edition (June 14, 2000). See 10*b52151e0Skaashoekalso http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.828/2006/v6.html, which provides 11*b52151e0Skaashoekpointers to on-line resources for v6. 12*b52151e0Skaashoek 13