-Added IRQ to PCI

[pintos-anon] / doc / intro.texi

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@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ project team will strengthen its support in all three of these areas.
 You will also add a virtual memory implementation.
 
 Pintos could, theoretically, run on a regular IBM-compatible PC.  As
-fun as it might be, it is impractical to supply every student in CS
-140 with his or her own PC.  Therefore, we will run Pintos projects in
-a PC simulator, that is, a program that simulates an 80@var{x}86 CPU
-and its peripheral devices well enough that unmodified operating
+much fun as it might be, it is impractical to supply every student in
+CS 140 with his or her own PC.  Therefore, we will run Pintos projects
+in a PC simulator, that is, a program that simulates an 80@var{x}86
+CPU and its peripheral devices well enough that unmodified operating
 systems and software can run under it.  In class we will use the
 @uref{http://bochs.sourceforge.net, , Bochs} simulator.  Pintos has
 also been tested within @uref{http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/, ,
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ projects.
 
 @menu
 * Getting Started::             
+* Pintos License::              
 * Pintos Trivia::               
 @end menu
 
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ Now you can extract the source for Pintos into a directory named
 @example
 tar xzf /usr/class/cs140/pintos/pintos.tar.gz
 @end example
-Alternatively
+Alternatively, retrieve
 @uref{http://www.stanford.edu/class/cs140/pintos/pintos.tar.gz} and
 extract it in a similar way.
 
@@ -165,7 +166,7 @@ the kernel.  @xref{Adding c or h Files}, for more information.
 Object file for the entire kernel.  This is the result of linking
 object files compiled from each individual kernel source file into a
 single object file.  It contains debug information, so you can run
-@command{gdb} or 
+@command{gdb} or @command{backtrace} (@pxref{Backtraces}) on it.
 
 @item kernel.bin
 Memory image of the kernel.  These are the exact bytes loaded into
@@ -210,7 +211,7 @@ are not very useful for our purposes.
 (If no window appeared at all, and you just got a terminal full of
 corrupt-looking text, then you're probably logged in remotely and X
 forwarding is not set up correctly.  In this case, you can fix your X
-setup, or you can use the @option{nv} option.)
+setup, or you can use the @option{-v} option.)
 
 The text printed by Pintos inside Bochs probably went by too quickly
 to read.  However, you've probably noticed by now that the same text
@@ -241,6 +242,23 @@ options.  These options must be specified @emph{after} the
 but you can see a list of them using the @option{-u} option, e.g.@:
 @code{pintos run -u}.
 
+@node Pintos License
+@section Pintos License
+
+Pintos is distributed under a liberal license that allows it to be
+freely used, modified, and distributed.  Students and others own their
+own code and may use it for any purpose.  In the context of Stanford's
+CS 140 course, please respect the spirit and the letter of the honor
+code by refraining from reading any homework solutions available
+online or elsewhere.  (Source code for other operating system kernels,
+such as Linux or FreeBSD, is of course fair game.)
+
+There is NO WARRANTY for Pintos, not even for MERCHANTABILITY or
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+
+Please refer to the @file{LICENSE} file at the top level of the Pintos
+source distribution for details of license and lack of warranty.
+
 @node Pintos Trivia
 @section Pintos Trivia