http://imil.net/blog/tags/hack/ Recent content in Hack on iMil.net Hugo en-us Thu, 01 May 2025 10:46:48 +0200 http://imil.net/blog/posts/2025/toying-around-with-xv6-x86/ Thu, 01 May 2025 10:46:48 +0200 http://imil.net/blog/posts/2025/toying-around-with-xv6-x86/ <p>From the <a href="https://github.com/mit-pdos/xv6-public/">project&rsquo;s Github repository</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>xv6 is a re-implementation of Dennis Ritchie&rsquo;s and Ken Thompson&rsquo;s Unix Version 6 (v6). xv6 loosely follows the structure and style of v6, but is implemented for a modern x86-based multiprocessor using ANSI C.</p> </blockquote> <p>Having a small footprint and code base, <a href="https://github.com/mit-pdos/xv6-public/">xv6</a> is an excellent tool to deepen in operating systems internals, like boot process, virtual memory setup, basics of a filesystem&hellip;<br> The version I tried is the <em>i386</em> port, but again in the project&rsquo;s repo we can read:</p>