Project Documents

CS 5/43201, Operating Systems, Summer 1998

Project Assignments

Download Nacho:

• Begin Here... (how to obtain Nacho)
• README (about Nacho directory and files)
• Alternate Way if you have big disk space: Download Source (nacho-3.4-ksu.tar.Z)

• Project Mechanics
• How to submit
• Need Extra Time?
• Gettting help
• Project Grading Policy (note to grader)
• Honor Code

Papers which will help in the projects:

• Overview paper, Christopher, UC Berkeley
(explains objectives behind the assignments)
• "A Road Map Through Nachos", Thomas Narten, Duke Univ
(explains system calls)
• Guide to Reading the Nachos Code, O'Donnell, U Chicago
(explains bootstapping, thread dispatching, address translation,
system call handling, and other exception handling mechanisms)
• Nachos Home Page, UC Berkeley
• "A Quick Introduction to C++", Christopher, UC Berkeley

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