Tools, References, and Links

Below you can find documentation and reference sheets on tools, miscellaneous devices, topics, etc., related to this course. More links and documents may be added as the semester progresses.

RISC-V Assembly

• RISC-V ISA Specifications
• The RISC-V Reader: An Open Architecture Atlas
• An Introduction to Assembly Programming with RISC-V
• RISC-V Quick Reference Sheet
• More Resources
• PLIC

gdb

• gdb Tutorial
  Get the code for the tutorial here.
• gdb Reference Sheet

Git

• Git Book, Chapter 1.1
• Git Book, Chapter 2
• Git Book, Chapter 3
• Git Book, Complete
• Git Tutorial
• Git Reference Sheet
• Undoing Changes with Git
• GitLab at Illinois

Make/gmake/Makefiles

• gmake Manual

C Language

• C Tutorial
• Programming in C (more advanced)
• comp.lang.c FAQ (good reference for obscure C features)
• C Language and Library Reference (very technical)
• C11 draft standard

Misc

• PC16550 datasheet (modern version of NS16550A)
• ELF format documentation
• VirtIO documentation

Textbooks

There is no textbook for this course. However, the following is a list of books on operating systems you may find useful.

• Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces by Arpaci-Dusseau and Arpaci-Dusseau (free eBook online)
• Operating System Concepts by Silberschatz, Calvin, and Gagne (eBook through University library)
• Understanding the Linux Kernel by Bovet and Cesati (eBook through University library)
• The Design and Implementation of the 4.4BSD Operating System by McKusick, Bostic, Karels, and Quarterman (eBook through University library)
• Operating Systems: Design and Implementation by Tanenbaum and Woodhull (hardcopy through University Library)
• xv6: a simple, Unix-like teaching operating system by Cox, Kaashoek, and Morris (free eBook online)