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@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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
+2000)). See also http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.828/2012/v6.html, which
provides pointers to on-line resources for v6.
xv6 borrows code from the following sources:
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ xv6 borrows code from the following sources:
FreeBSD (ioapic.c)
NetBSD (console.c)
-The following people made contributions:
+The following people have made contributions:
Russ Cox (context switching, locking)
Cliff Frey (MP)
Xiao Yu (MP)
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ In addition, we are grateful for the patches contributed by Greg
Price, Yandong Mao, and Hitoshi Mitake.
The code in the files that constitute xv6 is
-Copyright 2006-2011 Frans Kaashoek, Robert Morris, and Russ Cox.
+Copyright 2006-2012 Frans Kaashoek, Robert Morris, and Russ Cox.
ERROR REPORTS
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ BUILDING AND RUNNING XV6
To build xv6 on an x86 ELF machine (like Linux or FreeBSD), run "make".
On non-x86 or non-ELF machines (like OS X, even on x86), you will
need to install a cross-compiler gcc suite capable of producing x86 ELF
-binaries. See http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.828/2011/tools.html.
+binaries. See http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.828/2012/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 in Bochs, run "make bochs" and then type "c" at the bochs prompt.
-To run in QEMU, run "make qemu".
+To run xv6, you can use the Bochs or QEMU 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".
To create a typeset version of the code, run "make xv6.pdf". This
requires the "mpage" utility. See http://www.mesa.nl/pub/mpage/.