Future lecture/discussion material is subject to change.
Lecture recordings can be found on echo360
Discussion recordings can be found on Mediaspace.
| Date | Topic | Reading | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture | |||
| Discussion | |||
| 1/18 | 1. Class overview and big picture: Lecture1 | CN | |
| 1/19 | Overview of MPs and Environment: Slides | MP0 | |
| 1/20 | 2. x86 instruction set architecture: introduction and instructions: Lecture2 | CN | |
| 1/25 | 3. x86 isa: assembler conventions, calling convention, examples: Lecture3 | CN | |
| 1/26 | PS1, x86: Slides | PS1 | |
| 1/27 | 4. C to x86 linkage, device I/O; role of system software, system calls: Lecture4;;; ExampleCode ;;; LinkedC-code | CN, (ULK1) | |
| 2/1 | 5. Interrupts and exceptions, processor and ISA support: Lecture5 | CN, (ULK4) | |
| 2/2 | MP1, x86, calling convention: Slides | MP1 | |
| 2/3 | 6. Shared resources, critical sections, examples: Lecture6 | CN, (ULK5) | |
| 2/8 | 7. Multiprocessors and locks, conservative synchronization design: Lecture7 | CN, (ULK5) | |
| 2/9 | Synchronization:Slides | CN | |
| 2/10 | 8. Linux synchronization interface, synchronization hazards: Lecture8 | CN | |
| 2/15 | 9. Programmable interrupt controller, motivation, design: Lecture9 | CN | |
| 2/16 | MP2.1:Slides | MP2 | |
| 2/17 | 10. Linux abstraction of PIC; Introduction to Interrupt support in Linux: Lecture10 | CN, (ULK 4) | |
| 2/22 | MIDTERM EXAM 1 (NO LECTURE) | ||
| 2/23 | Post-exam discussion; MP2.1 and 2.2:Slides | MP2 | |
| 2/24 | 12. Interrupt support in Linux: data structures, initialization and assembly linkage: Lecture12 | CN, (ULK4) | |
| 3/1 | 13. Interrupt support in Linux: invocation; summary of the interrupt support: Lecture13 | CN, (ULK4) | |
| 3/2 | MP2.2, Tux Synchronization:Slides | MP2 | |
| 3/3 | 14. Virtual memory: rationale, segmentation: Lecture14 | CN, (ULK2, LDD13) | |
| 3/8 | 15. Virtual memory: paging; First meeting of MP3 groups | CN, (ULK2) | |
| 3/9 | MP3 overview, MP3.1: Slides | MP3 | |
| 3/10 | 16. Filesystem: philosophy, ext2 as example (file system in MP3): Lecture16 | ULK12&18, MP3 | |
| SPRING BREAK | |||
| 3/22 | 17. Memory allocation Lecture22 | ULK8 | |
| 3/23 | MP3.2: Slides | MP3 | |
| 3/24 | 18. Memory management data structures- process address space | ULK9 | |
| 3/29 | 19. System call linkage Lecture19 | CN, (ULK10) | |
| 3/30 | Exam Review; MP3.3: Slides | ||
| 3/31 | 20. EXAM2 Review Lecture20 | ||
| 4/5 | MIDTERM EXAM 2 (NO LECTURE) | ||
| 4/6 | MP3.3: Slides | MP3 | |
| 4/7 | 22. Programs to processes: rationale, terminology, and structures (task structure, kernel stack, TSS): Lecture17 | ULK3&7 | |
| 4/12 | 23. Programs to processes: creating processes; job types and basics of scheduling; scheduler design and implementation Lecture18 | ULK7 | |
| 4/13 | MP3.4, system calls: Slides | MP3 | |
| 4/14 | 24. Signals: user-level analogue of interrupts, controlling behavior: Lecture24 | CN | |
| 4/19 | 25. Abstracting devices: block and character devices; device drivers: Lecture25 | LDD1&3, (ULK13) | |
| 4/20 | MP3.5 Scheduling: Slides | MP3 | |
| 4/21 | 26. Driver development process and detailed example: Lecture26 | CN6a | |
| 4/26 | 27. Detailed example of driver development, continued: Lecture27 | CN6a | |
| 4/27 | MP3.5: Slides | MP3 | |
| 4/28 | 28. Review Session for the Final Exam Lecture28 | ||
| 5/3 | No lecture, MP3 demos | ||
| 5/11 | FINAL EXAM: May 11; Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm; | ||