Future lecture/discussion material is subject to change.
| Date | Topic | Reading | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture | |||
| Discussion | |||
| 1/16 | 1. Class overview and big picture: Lecture1 | CN | |
| 1/17 | Overview of MPs and Environment: Slides | MP0 | |
| 1/18 | 2. x86 instruction set architecture: introduction and instructions: Lecture2 | CN | |
| 1/23 | 3. x86 isa: assembler conventions, calling convention, examples: Lecture3 | CN | |
| 1/24 | PS1, x86: Slides | PS1 | |
| 1/25 | 4. C to x86 linkage, device I/O; role of system software, system calls: Lecture4 | CN, ULK1 | |
| 1/30 | 5. Interrupts and exceptions, processor and ISA support: Lecture5 | CN, (ULK4) | |
| 1/31 | MP1, x86, calling convention: Slides | MP1 | |
| 2/01 | 6. Shared resources, critical sections, examples: Lecture6 | CN, (ULK5) | |
| 2/06 | 7. Multiprocessors and locks, conservative synchronization desig: Lecture7 | CN (ULK5) | |
| 2/07 | PS2, Synchronization: Slides | PS2 | |
| 2/08 | 8. Linux synchronization interface, synchronization hazards: Lecture8 | CN | |
| 2/13 | 9. Programmable interrupt controller motivation and design: Lecture9 | CN | |
| 2/14 | MP2.1, Synchronization: Slides | MP2 | |
| 2/15 | 10. Linux abstraction of PIC; Interrupt support in Linux: data structures, installation and removal : Lecture10 | CN (LDD9) | |
| 2/20 | 11. EXAM Review | CN | |
| 2/21 | Exam Review: Slides | ||
| 2/22 | MIDTERM EXAM 1 (NO LECTURE) | ||
| 2/27 | 12. Interrupt support in Linux: initialization and assembly linkage: Lecture12 | CN; ULK | |
| 2/28 | MP2.2, Tux Synchronization: Slides | MP2 | |
| 3/01 | 13. Interrupt support in Linux: invocation; summary of the interrupt support: Lecture13 | CN, ULK2 | |
| 3/06 | 14. Soft interrupts/tasklets; Virtual memory: rationale, segmentation: Lecture14 | CN, ULK2, (LDD13) | |
| 3/07 | MP3 overview, MP3.1: Slides | MP3 | |
| 3/08 | 15. Virtual memory: paging : Lecture15 | CN, ULK2 | |
| 3/13 | 16. Filesystem: philosophy, ext2 as example (file system in MP3): Lecture16 | ULK12&18 | |
| 3/14 | MP3.2: Slides | MP3 | |
| 3/15 | 17. Programs to processes: rationale, terminology, and structures (task structure, kernel stack, TSS): Lecture17 | ULK3&7 | |
| Spring Break | |||
| 3/27 | 18. Programs to processes: creating processes; job types and basics of scheduling; scheduler design and implementatio Lecture18 | ULK7 | |
| 3/28 | MP3.3: Slides | MP3 | |
| 3/29 | 19. System call linkage Lecture19 | CN; ULK10 | |
| 4/03 | 20. EXAM2 Review | ||
| 4/04 | Exam Review | ||
| 4/05 | MIDTERM EXAM 2 (NO LECTURE) | ||
| 4/10 | 21. Memory allocation Lecture21 | ULK8 | |
| 4/11 | MP3.4, system calls: Slides | MP3 | |
| 4/12 | 22. Memory management data structures- process address space: Lecture22 | ULK9 | |
| 4/17 | 23. Abstracting devices: block and character devices; device drivers: Lecture23 | LDD1&3, (ULK13) | |
| 4/18 | MP3.5 Scheduling: Slides | MP3 | |
| 4/19 | 24. Driver development process and detailed example: Lecture24 | CN6a | |
| 4/24 | 25. Detailed example of driver development, continued: Lecture25 | CN6a | |
| 4/25 | MP3.5: Slides | MP3 | |
| 4/26 | 26. Signals: user-level analogue of interrupts, controlling behavior: Lecture26 | CN | |
| 5/01 | No lecture, MP3 demos | ||
| 5/04 | FINAL EXAM: May 04, 8:00am | ||