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Final
Review. [Posted
Wednesday 5/2/2007]
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Study
Guide for Final is available. [Posted
Wednesday 5/2/2007]
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How
to create SFS volumes and mount them in OS/161 (By Nathan Goulding and
Tanner Oakes.) [Posted Monday
4/23/2007]
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Lab
assignment 4 is available. (Design
Document due Wednesday, April 18 at 11:59pm. Final submission due Wednesday,
May 2 at 11:59pm) [Posted Sunday
4/8/2007]
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Lab
assignment 3 is available.
(Design document due
Monday, 4/2 at 11:59pm; Final submission due Wednesday,
4/11 by 11:59pm) [Posted Tuesday 3/20/2007]
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Final
submission of the Lab 2 assignment is due on 11:59pm on Friday, March 16. Please note that
10 bonus points will be awarded if you submit Lab 2 final
solutions before 11:59pm on Friday, March 9. [Posted
Monday 3/5/2007]
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Midterm
Review. [Posted
Wednesday 2/28/2007]
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Study
Guide for Midterm is available. [Posted
Monday 2/26/2007]
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Lab
assignment 2 is available.
(Design document due Feb. 27 Tuesday at 11:59pm. Final
submission due March 9, Friday at 11:59pm.) [Posted Sunday 2/18/2007]
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Remembering Michael C. Hogan [Posted
Wednesday 2/14/2007]
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The OS Lab will be opened from 8:30am
to 12:00 (From Monday to Friday) and from 1:30pm to 5:00pm on Wednesday and
Friday. [Posted Tuesday 2/6/2007]
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Lab
assignment 1 is available.
(Due 11:59PM, Sunday, Feb. 18,
2007
) [Posted Sunday 2/4/2007]
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Lab
assignment 0 is available. [Posted
Monday 1/15/2007]
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The webpage of CS 325 is
launched. [Posted Friday 1/10/2007]
Course Information
Course
Outcomes
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Outcome
1 –To
learn the fundamental concepts and components of operating systems
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Outcome
2 – To
understand the concepts of
process management
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Outcome
3 – To learn process synchronization, mutual exclusion, and deadlocks.
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Outcome
4 – To
learn the concepts of process
management and virtual memory
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Outcome
5 – To
understand file
access methods and allocation
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Outcome
6 – To
learn device management and interrupt handler
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Outcome
7 – To
demonstrate the ability to implement process synchronization mechanisms,
process managers, virtual memory systems, and file systems.
Topics covered include: the concept of a process, concurrency problems,
synchronization, mutual exclusion, deadlock, memory management, file systems,
process scheduling, threads, and protection. (These topics may change.)
Laboratory
projects
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Lab
Assignment 0 Starting with
OS/161 (2.5 weeks)
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Lab
Assignment 1 Synchronization (2
weeks)
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Lab
Assignment 2 Processes and System Calls (3
weeks)
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Lab
Assignment 3 Virtual Memory (3.5
weeks)
- Lab Assignment 4 File
Systems (2.5 weeks)
Prerequisite: CS 221 and CS 222.
Estimate
Curriculum Category Content (Semester hours)
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Area
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Core
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Advanced
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Area
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Core
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Advanced
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Algorithms
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1
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Data
Structures
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0.5
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Software
Design
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1
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Prog.
Languages
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Comp.
Arch.
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0.5
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Office Hours: Dr. Qin will have office hours on Wednesday from 1:30pm to
3:30pm
in his office (Cramer Hall 231A). TA will have office hours on Tuesday at
3:15-5:15pm in her office. To get the most out of
office hours, it is recommended to email us in
advance.
Textbooks:
For the C language
- B Kernighan and D. Ritchie, The C Programming Language, 2nd
ed, Prentice Hall.
- S. Harbison and G. Steele, C: A Reference Manual, Prentice Hall.
Resources
OS/161 and System /161
Other References:
- Bar, Moshe. Linux Internals McGraw-Hill 2000.
- Bovet & Cesati Understanding the Linux Kernel O'Reilly &
Co. 2000
- Mitchell, Oldham, Samuel & Oldham Advanced Linux ProgrammingNew
Riders 2001
- Robbins & Robbins Practical Unix ProgrammingPrentice-Hall PTR
1996
- Stones & Matthew Beginning Linux Programming WROX Press
- Vahalia, Uresh Unix InternalsPrentice-Hall 1996
Usenet: comp.os.*,
comp.sources.unix, comp.unix.*,
comp.windows.x
Technical Journals: CACM, Computing Surveys,
JACM, TOCS, SigOPS
Study Hints
- Ask questions in class.
- At the first sign of difficulty, talk to your instructor and teaching
assistant.
- Form a study group and meet regularly.
- Construct chapter summaries noting concepts, definitions, &
procedures.
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