Standard disclaimer: dates are subject to change.
| Date | Lecture | Homework | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 09/01 | Introduction | HW1 assigned | Section 1.1 - 1.2 |
| Tue 09/06 | Roles of the Operating System | Sections 1.3 - 1.11 | |
| Thu 09/08 | System Calls | Sections 2.1 - 2.7 | |
| Tue 09/13 | Processes | Sections 3.1 - 3.3 | |
| Thu 09/15 | File Descriptors | HW1 due at 11:59:59 PM; HW2 assigned | Sections 11.1 - 11.2, Linux File Descriptors |
| Tue 09/20 | Interprocess Communication | Sections 3.4 - 3.6, Linux Signals Overview | |
| Thu 09/22 | Parallelism | Sections 4.1 - 4.5 | |
| Tue 09/27 | Synchronization | Sections 4.6, 5.1-5.4 | |
| Thu 09/29 | Thread Synchronizations | HW2 due at 11:59:59 PM; HW3 assigned | Sections 5.5-5.7, POSIX Threads Tutorial |
| Tue 10/04 | Advanced Synchronizations | Sections 5.7-5.9, 6.1 | |
| Thu 10/06 | Scheduling | Sections 6.2-6.3 | |
| Tue 10/11 | Advanced Scheduling | Sections 6.5-6.7 | |
| Thu 10/13 | Memory Systems | HW3 due at 11:59:59 PM; HW4 assigned | Sections 8.1-8.3, 9.7, Linux mmap |
| Tue 10/18 | Paging | Sections 8.4-8.5 | |
| Thu 10/20 | Review Session | ||
| Tue 10/25 | Midterm | ||
| Thu 10/27 | Virtual Memory | Sections 8.6, 9.1-9.3 | |
| Tue 11/01 | Paging Strategies | HW4 due at 11:59:59 PM; Proj1 assigned | Sections 9.4-9.6, 9.8 |
| Thu 11/03 | Introduction to Linux Kernel | LDD chapter 1, chapter 2 | |
| Tue 11/08 | Device Drivers | LDD chapter 3 | |
| Thu 11/10 | Kernel Memory | LDD chapter 8, chapter 11 | |
| Tue 11/15 | Kernel Synchronizations | LDD chapter 5, chapter 7 | |
| Thu 11/17 | Interrupt Handling | LDD chapter 10 | |
| Tue 11/22 | Mass Storage | Proj1 due at 11:59:59 PM; Proj2 assigned | Sections 10.1-10.5 |
| Thu 11/24 | Thanksgiving | ||
| Tue 11/29 | Filesystems | Sections 11.3-11.4, 12.1-12.3 | |
| Thu 12/01 | Filesystem Implementations | Sections 12.4-12.7 | |
| Tue 12/06 | Security | Sections 14.1-14.5, Linux Kernel Security | |
| Thu 12/08 | Embedded I/O | Sections 13.2-13.3, Raspberry Pi Serial Communication | |
| Tue 12/13 | Review Session | ||
| Thu 12/15 | Final Exam (6:00pm – 8:00pm) | ||
| Sun 12/18 | Proj2 due at 11:59:59 PM | ||