Future lecture/discussion material is subject to change.
| Date | Topic | Addl. Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Discussion | ||
| 8/27 | L1. Class Overview and Big Picture (DKW, KL) Slides | |
| 8/28 | D1. Overview of MPs and Environment | |
| 8/29 | L2. RISC-V ISA: Introduction and Instructions (DKW) Slides | APR Ch.1, Ch.5 |
| 9/3 | L3. RISC-V ISA: Control Flow Instructions, Writing Assembly (DKW) Slides | APR Ch.6, Ch.7 |
| 9/4 | D2. RISC-V ISA | |
| 9/5 | L4. RISC-V ISA: RV64, Calling Conventions, CSRs, Structs, I/O (DKW) Slides | APR Ch.7, Ch.8 |
| 9/10 | L5. Computer Systems Overview, Memory, I/O, Interrupts and Exceptions (KL) | |
| 9/11 | D3. MP1 | |
| 9/12 | L6. Interrupt Control and Handling (KL) | |
| 9/17 | L7. Synchronization Interface, Synchronization Hazards (KL) | |
| 9/18 | D4. MP1 | |
| 9/19 | L8. Shared Resources, Critical Sections, Examples (KL) | |
| 9/24 | L9. Multiprocessors and Locks, Conservative Synchronization Design (KL) | |
| 9/25 | D5. MP2 | |
| 9/26 | L10. Platform-Level Interrupt Controller (DKW) | |
| 10/1 | L11. Interrupt Support in Linux: Data Structures, Initialization and Assembly Linkage (DKW) | |
| 10/2 | D6. TBD | |
| 10/3 | MIDTERM EXAM 1 (NO LECTURE) | |
| 10/8 | L13. Interrupt Support in Linux: Invocation; Summary of Interrupt Support (DKW) | |
| 10/9 | D7. MP2 | |
| 10/10 | L14. Virtual Memory: Rationale, Segmentation (KL) | |
| 10/15 | L15A. Virtual Memory: Paging; First Meeting of MP3 Groups (KL) | |
| 10/16 | D8. MP3 Overview | |
| 10/17 | L15B. Virtual Memory: Paging Cont. (KL) | |
| 10/22 | L16. Filesystem: Philosophy, ext2 as Example (DKW) | |
| 10/23 | D9. MP3 | |
| 10/24 | L17. Programs to Processes: Context Switch (KL) | |
| 10/29 | L18. Programs to Processes: Linux Process Data Structures; Scheduling (KL) | |
| 10/30 | D10. MP3 | |
| 10/31 | L19. Scheduling (KL) | |
| 11/5 | L20. Memory Allocation (KL) | |
| 11/6 | D11. MP3 | |
| 11/7 | MIDTERM EXAM 2 (NO LECTURE) | |
| 11/12 | L21. Memory Management (KL) | |
| 11/13 | D12. Post-Exam Discussion | |
| 11/14 | L22. Signals: User-level Analogue of Interrupts, Controlling Behavior (KL) | |
| 11/19 | L23. Block and Character Devices; Device Drivers (DKW) | |
| 11/20 | D13. MP3 | |
| 11/21 | L24. Driver Development Process and Detailed Example (DKW) | |
| 12/3 | L25. Detailed Example of Driver Development, Continued (DKW) | |
| 12/4 | D14. MP3 | |
| 12/5 | L26. Driver Development Cont.; Review Session for the Final Exam | |
| 12/10 | No Lecture, MP3 Demos | |
| TBD | FINAL EXAM: 0:00 - 0:00 X.M. |