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by roxtar 5330 days ago
The info page says that xv6 was released in Fall 2006. What's new?
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rtm 5330 days ago
Address spaces based on paging rather than segments. Much clearer context switching code. File system crash recovery via logging.
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tankenmate 5329 days ago
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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tankenmate 5329 days ago
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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