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Yes, it was ported from x86. And no, xv6 is not really an OS you want to use in production. There are a lot of design decisions that optimize for pedagogy inste
by vulcan01 1y ago
Yes, it was ported from x86. And no, xv6 is not really an OS you want to use in production. There are a lot of design decisions that optimize for pedagogy instead of performance or even reliability (e.g. the kernel is more than happy to panic if/when you get off the "intended path").