CS 438 • Operating Systems Analysis
CS 505 • Operating Systems Concepts
Spring 2012 Schedule
The schedule has seven two-week sections:
- Introduction
- Process Management
- Input-Output Subsystems
- Storage Management
- File Systems
- Networks
- Operating Systems Everywhere
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- Section 1: Introduction, Wednesday, 18 January through Monday, 30 January.
- Readings
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Finkel: Chapter 1
Hailperin: Chapters 1 & 11 - Class notes
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Introduction
Operating Systems
Hardware Architecture
Security
Concurrency - Quiz
-
Pop quiz 1.
The rules of the game.
The grades.
- Section 2: Process Management, Wednesday, 1 February through Monday, 13 February.
- Readings
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Finkel: Section 1.5, Chapters 2, 8, & 9
Hailperin: Chapters 2
- Class notes
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Processes
Threads
Scheduling
Synchronization - Assignment
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Assignment 1 (last modified on 2012 February 17) available on Wednesday, 1 February; due
on Wednesday, 22 February at 11:30 p.m.
The grades.
- Section 3: Input-Output Subsystems, Wednesday, 15 February through Monday, 27 February.
- Readings
- Finkel: Chapter 5, Transput
- Class notes
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I-O Hardware
The I-O Subsystem
Disk I-O
Allocation and Deadlock - Assignment
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Assignment 2 (last modified on 2012 March 12) available on 22 February; due
on Monday, 19 March at 11:30 p.m.
The grades. - Quiz
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Wednesday, 29 February
The answers.
The grades.
Pop quiz 2
The grades.
- Section 4: Storage Management, Wednesday, 29 February through Monday, 19 March.
- Spring break — Saturday, 10 March, to Friday, 16 March.
- Midterms grades due — Tuesday, 13 March.
- Readings
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Finkel: Chapter 3, Space Management
Hailperin: Chapter 6, Virtual Memory
- Class notes
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Storage Management
Physical Addressing
Virtual Addressing
Managing Virtual Storage - Assignment
- Assignment 3 (last modified on 2012 March 19) available on Wednesday, 14 March; due on Monday, 9 April at 11:30 p.m.
- Section 5: File Systems, Wednesday, 21 March through Monday, 2 April.
- Drop day — Monday, 26 March.
- Readings
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Finkel: Chapter 6, File Structures
Hailperin: Chapter 8, Files and Other Persistent Storage - Class notes
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File-Systems Background
Files
Directories
File Systems - Assignment
- Assignment 4 (last modified on 2012 April 12) available on Wednesday, 4 April; due on Tuesday, 1 May at 11:30 p.m.
- Quiz
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Wednesday, 4 April
The answers.
The grades.
- Section 6: Networks, Wednesday, 4 April through Monday, 16 April.
- Readings
- Hailperin: Chapter 9, Networking
- Class notes
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Network Background
Transport Services
Network Services
Case Study: Distributed File Systems
- Section 7: Operating Systems Everywhere, Wednesday, 18 April through Monday, 30 April.
- Class notes
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Middleware
Web Operating Systems - Quiz
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Monday, 30 April
The answers.
The grades.
- Optional final exam at 5:30 to 7:30 on 2 May in HH 209.
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