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xv6

xv6 is a modern reimplementation of Sixth Edition Unix in ANSI C for multiprocessor x86 and RISC-V systems. It was created for educational purposes in MIT's Operating System Engineering course in 2006.

Key facts

OS.name: xv6
OS.screenshot: Xv6 LS Command Output.png
OS.caption: xv6 startup, and using the "ls" command
OS.developer: MIT
OS.family: Unix-like
OS.language: English
OS.ui: Command-line interface
OS.license: MIT license
OS.source_model: Open source
OS.kernel_type: Monolithic
OS.supported_platforms: multiprocessor Intel x86 and RISC-V
OS.programmed_in: C and assembly

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Purpose
Self-documentation
xv6 book
Compared to other teaching operating systems
Educational use
References
External links

==Purpose== MIT's Operating System Engineering course formerly used the original V6 source code. xv6 was created as a modern replacement, because PDP-11 machines are not widely available and the original operating system was written in archaic pre-ANSI C. Unlike Linux or BSD, xv6 is simple enough to cover in a semester, yet still contains the important concepts and organization of Unix.