OPERATING
SYSTEMS
CS 5/43201, Summer 1998, Department
of Math and Computer Science, Kent State University
This page last updated on 6/21/98
javed@kent.edu
MSB 217, 672-4004 ext. 217
Office hours = M-F 2-4 pm
You can walk in anytime.
TA:
Hanyan Yang
hyang@mcs.kent.edu
MSB 154
Tel: 330-6724004 x154
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Meeting Time:
4:30-6:15pm M0N-TUE-THR, JUN 15 - AUG 8
Text Book:
Test Operating System:
The course projects will be based on "Nachos". There will
be two programming projects.
Related Information Sites:
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"An
Introduction to Programming with Threads", Andrew Birrell, DEC .
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"X
UNIX Implemenation", Ken Thompson, AT&T, 1978.
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"X
A Fast File System for UNIX", McKusick, Joy, Leffler, Fabry, UC Berkeley,
1985.
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ACM Special Interest Group on Operating
Systems publications and conferences.
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Windows NT
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DCE, Distributed
Computing Env, IBM
Nachos Information:
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Overview
paper, UC Berkeley (explains objectives behind the assignments)
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"A
Road Map Through Nachos", Thomas Narten, Duke Univ (explains system
calls)
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Guide
to Reading the Nachos Code, O'Donnell, U Chicago
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(explains bootstapping, thread dispatching, address translation, system
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call handling, and other exception handling mechanisms)
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Nachos Home Page,
UC Berkeley
"A Quick Introduction
to C++", Christopher, UC Berkeley
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