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 # HermitCore - A lightweight extreme-scale satellite kernel
 
-The project *HermitCore* has just initiated.
-It is a unikernel operating system for high-performance computing.
+The project *HermitCore* has just initiated and is [unikernel](http://unikernel.org) for high-performance computing.
+HermitCore extends the multi-kernel approach and combines it with unikernel features while providing better programmability and scalability for hierarchical systems.
+By starting a HermitCore applications, cores will be split off from the Linux system and the applications run bare-metal on these cores. 
+This promise a lower OS jitter and a better scalability.
+Between HermitCore applications and the Linux system exist an IP interface, which could be used for inter-kernel communication.
+
 HermitCore is the result of a research project at RWTH Aachen University and is currently an experimental approach and not production ready. Please use it carefully.
 
 ## Requirements
@@ -19,19 +23,19 @@ HermitCore is the result of a research project at RWTH Aachen University and is
 2. To configure the system, run the *configure* script in the directory, which contains this *README*. Fine tuning of the installation directories e.g. with the flag `--prefix` is currently not supported. HermitCore, the cross-compiler and the demo applications will be installed in subdirectories of this repository.
 3. The command `make` build the Linux kernel, the HermitCore kernel, the corss-compiler and the demo applications.
 4. To start a virtual machine and to boot a small Linux version use the command `make qemu`. Per default, the virtual machine has 10 cores, 2 NUMA nodes and 8 GByte RAM. To increase or to decrease the machine size, the label `qemu` in the Makefile has to be modified.
-5. Check if the HermitCore loader is registered to your system. In this case you find an entry `hermit`in the directory `/proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/`. Otherwise register the loader with following command: `echo ":hermit:M:7:\\x42:/path2proyxy/proxy:" > /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register`, in which `path2proxy` defines the path to the loader. You find the loader `proxy` after building the HermiCore sources in the directory `hermit/tools`.
-6. Afterwards, a small Linux system should run, which already includes the patches for HermitCore. For each NUMA node (= HermitCore isle) is in `/sys/hermit` a directory `isleX` created, where `X` represents the number of the NUMA node. The demo applications are located in the directory `/hermit` and possess the file extension `_proxy`. These applications are Linux proxies, in which the HermitCore binaries are embedded. By starting the Linux proxies, the embedded HermitCore binaries will be automatically started on isle 0 with cpu 1. To change the default behavior, the environment variable `HERMIT_ISLE` is used to specify the (memory) location of the isle, while the environment variable `HERMIT_CPUS` is used to specify the cores. For instance, `HERMIT_ISLE=1 HERMIT_CPUS="3-5" /hermit/usr/hello` starts a HelloWorld demo on the HermitCore isle 1, which used the cores 3 to 5. The output messages are forwarded to the Linux proxy and printed on the Linux system.
-7. HermitCore's kernel messages of `isleX` are available via `cat /sys/hermit/isleX/log`, where `X` represents the isle.
-8. It exists an virtual IP devices between HermitCore isles and the Linux system (see output of `ifconfig`). Per default, the Linux system has the IP address `192.168.28.1`. The HermitCore isles starts with the IP address `192.168.28.2` for isle 0 and is increased by one for every isle.
-9. Hermit applications are available at `/hermit/usr/{tests,benchmarks}` which is a shared directory between the host and QEmu.
+5. Afterwards, a small Linux system should run, which already includes the patches for HermitCore. For each NUMA node (= HermitCore isle) is in `/sys/hermit` a directory `isleX` created, where `X` represents the number of the NUMA node. The demo applications are located in the directory `/hermit` and possess the file extension `_proxy`. These applications are Linux proxies, in which the HermitCore binaries are embedded. By starting the Linux proxies, the embedded HermitCore binaries will be automatically started on isle 0 with cpu 1. To change the default behavior, the environment variable `HERMIT_ISLE` is used to specify the (memory) location of the isle, while the environment variable `HERMIT_CPUS` is used to specify the cores. For instance, `HERMIT_ISLE=1 HERMIT_CPUS="3-5" /hermit/usr/hello` starts a HelloWorld demo on the HermitCore isle 1, which used the cores 3 to 5. The output messages are forwarded to the Linux proxy and printed on the Linux system.
+6. HermitCore's kernel messages of `isleX` are available via `cat /sys/hermit/isleX/log`, where `X` represents the isle.
+7. It exists an virtual IP devices between HermitCore isles and the Linux system (see output of `ifconfig`). Per default, the Linux system has the IP address `192.168.28.1`. The HermitCore isles starts with the IP address `192.168.28.2` for isle 0 and is increased by one for every isle.
+8. Hermit applications are available at `/hermit/usr/{tests,benchmarks}` which is a shared directory between the host and QEmu.
 
 ## Building and testing HermitCore on a real machine
 
 1. In principle you have to follow the tutorial above. After the configuration (step 2 in the above tutorial) go to the subdirectory `linux`, which contains the source code of the Linux kernel. Configure the kernel with `make menuconfig` for your system. Be sure, that the option `CONFIG_HERMIT_CORE` in `Processor type and features` is enabled.
 2. Go back to the root directory of this repository and build with `make` the Linux kernel, the HermitCore kernel, the cross-compiler and the demo applications.
 3. Install the Linux kernel and its initial ramdisk on your system (see descriptions of your Linux distribution).
-4. The IP device between HermitCore and Linux does currently not support IPv6. Consequently, disable IPv6 by adding following line to `/etc/sysctl.conf`: `net.ipv6.conf.eth0.disable_ipv6 = 1`.
-5. Per default, the IP device uses a static IP address range. Linux has to use `162.168.28.1`, where HermitCore isles start with `192.168.28.2` (isle 0). The network manager must be configured accordingly and consequently the file `/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-mmnif` must be created with following contents:
+4. Register the HermitCore loader to your system with following command: `echo ":hermit:M:7:\\x42:/path2proyxy/proxy:" > /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register`, in which `path2proxy` defines the path to the loader. You find the loader `proxy` after building the HermiCore sources in the subdirectory `hermit/tools` of the directory, which contains this *README*.
+5. The IP device between HermitCore and Linux does currently not support IPv6. Consequently, disable IPv6 by adding following line to `/etc/sysctl.conf`: `net.ipv6.conf.eth0.disable_ipv6 = 1`.
+6. Per default, the IP device uses a static IP address range. Linux has to use `162.168.28.1`, where HermitCore isles start with `192.168.28.2` (isle 0). The network manager must be configured accordingly and consequently the file `/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-mmnif` must be created with following contents:
 ```
 DEVICE=mmnif
 BOOTPROTO=none