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@@ -1 +1,12 @@ -This is the content of file README. +xv6 is a re-implementation of Unix Version 6 (v6), which was developed +by Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson. xv6 follows the structure and +style of v6, but is implemented for a modern x86-based multiprocessor +using ANSI C. + +xv6 is inspired by the following work by Lions about Unix version 6: + +- Lions' Commentary on UNIX' 6th Edition, John Lions, Peer to Peer +Communications; ISBN: 1-57398-013-7; 1st edition (June 14, 2000). See +also http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.828/2006/v6.html, which provides +pointers to on-line resources for v6. + |