Future lecture/discussion material is subject to change.
| Date | Topic | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Discussion | ||
| 1/16 | L1. Class Overview and Big Picture (DKW, KL) Slides | CN |
| 1/17 | D1. Overview of MPs and Environment Slides | MP0 |
| 1/18 | L2. x86 ISA: Introduction and Instructions (DKW) Slides | CN |
| 1/23 | L3. x86 ISA: Assembler Conventions, Conditionals, Examples (DKW) Slides | CN |
| 1/24 | D2. PS1, x86 ISA Slides | PS1 |
| 1/25 | L4. x86 ISA: Calling Conventions, C to x86 Linkage; Role of System Software (DKW) Slides | CN, (ULK1) |
| 1/30 | L5. Interrupts and Exceptions, Processor and ISA Support (KL) Slides | CN, (ULK4) |
| 1/31 | D3. MP1, x86 ISA, Calling Convention Slides | MP1 |
| 2/1 | L6. Shared Resources, Critical Sections, Examples (KL) Slides | CN, (ULK5) |
| 2/6 | L7. Multiprocessors and Locks, Conservative Synchronization Design (KL) Slides | CN, (ULK5) |
| 2/7 | D4. PS2, Synchronization Slides | PS2 |
| 2/8 | L8. Linux Synchronization Interface, Synchronization Hazards (KL) Slides | CN |
| 2/13 | L9. Programmable Interrupt Controller, Motivation, Design (DKW) Slides | CN |
| 2/14 | D5. MP2.1 Slides | MP2 |
| 2/15 | L10. Linux Abstraction of PIC; Introduction to Interrupt Support in Linux (DKW) Slides | CN, (ULK 4) |
| 2/20 | MIDTERM EXAM 1 (NO LECTURE) | |
| 2/21 | D6. Post-Exam Discussion; MP2.1 and 2.2 Slides | MP2 |
| 2/22 | L12. Interrupt Support in Linux: Data Structures, Initialization and Assembly Linkage (DKW) Slides | CN, (ULK4) |
| 2/27 | L13. Interrupt Support in Linux: Invocation; Summary of Interrupt Support (DKW) Slides | CN, (ULK4) |
| 2/28 | D7. MP2.2, Tux Synchronization Slides | MP2 |
| 2/29 | L14. Soft Interrupts/Tasklets (DKW); Virtual Memory: Rationale, Segmentation (KL) Slides | CN, (ULK2, LDD13) |
| 3/5 | L15A. Virtual Memory: Paging; First Meeting of MP3 Groups (KL) Slides | CN, (ULK2) |
| 3/6 | D8. MP3 Overview, MP3.1 Slides | MP3 |
| 3/7 | L15B. Virtual Memory Cont.: Paging; (KL) (Same Slides) | ULK12&18, MP3 |
| 3/19 | L16. Filesystem: Philosophy, ext2 as Example (File System in MP3) (DKW) Slides | ULK3&7 |
| 3/20 | D9. MP3.2 Slides | MP3 |
| 3/21 | L17. Programs to Processes: Context Switch (KL) Slides (swtch.S, main.c) | ULK7 |
| 3/26 | L18. Programs to Processes: Linux Process Data Structures; Scheduling (KL) (slides from L17) | CN, (ULK10) |
| 3/27 | D10. MP3.3 Slides | MP3 |
| 3/28 | L19. Scheduling (KL) (slides from L17) | ULK8 |
| 4/2 | L20. Memory Allocation (KL) (threadsy.c) | ULK9 |
| 4/3 | D11. MP3.3 | MP3 |
| 4/4 | L21. Memory Management (KL) Slides | |
| 4/10 | MIDTERM EXAM 2 (NO LECTURE ON 4/9) | |
| 4/10 | D12. MP3.4, System Calls Slides | MP3 |
| 4/11 | L22. Signals: User-level Analogue of Interrupts, Controlling Behavior (KL) Slides | CN |
| 4/16 | L23. Block and Character Devices; Device Drivers (DKW) Slides exampledrivers | LDD1-3, (ULK13) |
| 4/17 | D13. MP3.5, Scheduling Slides | MP3 |
| 4/18 | L24. Driver Development Process and Detailed Example (DKW) Slides exampledrivers | LDD1-3 |
| 4/23 | L25. Detailed Example of Driver Development, Continued (DKW) Slides sculldriver | LDD1-3 |
| 4/24 | D14. MP3.5 Slides | MP3 |
| 4/25 | L26. Driver Development Cont.; Review Session for the Final Exam Slides | LDD5-6 |
| 4/30 | No Lecture, MP3 Demos | |
| 5/8 | FINAL EXAM: 7:00 - 10:00 P.M. |