Because I teach to the students, and not to the syllabus, these dates and topics are tentative and subject to change without warning. In particular, if I don’t discuss something you’re interested in, ask about it! I may very well add it or modify what I’m covering to include it.
The discussion sections will present material on systems programming (“SP—” precedes the topic in these) or some particular aspects of the FreeBSD operating system. The discussion section topics are tentative and subject to change as we see fit. Regardless of the topic listed, all discussion sections have a few ground rules:
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| 1. | Mon, Mar 31 | Brief history of operating systems | §1 |
| 2. | Wed, Apr 2 | Operating systems functions | §2 |
| Wed, Apr 2 | Discussion Section: SP—introduction | ||
| 3. | Fri, Apr 4 | Kernel architecture and management | §3 |
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| 4. | Mon, Apr 7 | Basics of processes | §4.1–4.3, 4.5, 4.6 |
| 5. | Wed, Apr 9 | Parallelism and Concurrency | §4.3–4.4 |
| Wed, Apr 9 | Discussion Section: SP—files, directories | ||
| 6. | Fri, Apr 11 | Solutions to the critical section problem I | |
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| 7. | Mon, Apr 14 | Solutions to the critical section problem II | |
| 8. | Wed, Apr 16 | Interprocess communication constructs | §4.7, 11 |
| Wed, Apr 16 | Discussion Section: SP—process control | ||
| 9. | Fri, Apr 18 | Process scheduling | §4.4 |
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| 10. | Mon, Apr 21 | Memory management basics | §5 |
| 11. | Wed, Apr 23 | Memory management policies I | §5 |
| Wed, Apr 23 | Discussion Section: FreeBSD memory management | §5 | |
| 12. | Fri, Apr 25 | Memory management policies II | §5 |
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| 13. | Mon, Apr 28 | I/O basics, devices | §6.1–6.3, 7, 10 |
| 14. | Wed, Apr 30 | Process I/O, I/O scheduling | §6.4–6.7 |
| Wed, Apr 30 | Discussion Section: Review for midterm | ||
| 15. | Fri, May 2 | Midterm exam | |
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| 16. | Mon, May 5 | File system organization | §8 |
| 17. | Wed, May 7 | File system implementation | §8 |
| Wed, May 7 | Discussion Section: SP—I/O | ||
| 18. | Fri, May 9 | Network-based file systems | §9 |
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| 19. | Mon, May 12 | to be arranged | |
| 20. | Wed, May 14 | Deadlock: principles, models | |
| Wed, May 14 | Discussion Section: SP—IPC | ||
| 21. | Fri, May 16 | Deadlock: practice | |
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| 22. | Mon, May 19 | Security basics | |
| 23. | Wed, May 21 | Security mechanisms I | |
| Wed, May 21 | Discussion Section: SP—security | ||
| 24. | Fri, May 23 | Security mechanisms II | |
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| Mon, May 26 | No class (Memorial Day) | ||
| 25. | Wed, May 28 | Networks and operating systems I | §12 |
| Wed, May 28 | Discussion Section: SP—networks and processes | ||
| 26. | Fri, May 30 | Networks and operating systems II | §12, 13 |
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| 27. | Mon, Jun 2 | Networks and operating systems III | §13 |
| 28. | Wed, Jun 4 | to be arranged | |
| Wed, Jun 4 | Discussion Section: Review for final | ||
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| Mon, Jun 9 | Final exam | ||
| You can also obtain a PDF version of this. | Version of March 29, 2008 at 7:50 PM |