Principles of Operating Systems

CMSC 421-02 - Spring 2017

Tuesday/Thursday 11:30AM - 12:45PM — Sherman Hall 014

Course Syllabus

News

Posted: April 13, 2017

Part I of Project 2 has been posted. Part I of the assignment is due by 11:59 PM EDT on Saturday, April 22^nd.

Posted: April 5, 2017

Homework 2 has been posted. It is due by 11:59 PM EDT on Wednesday, April 19^th.

Posted: March 14, 2016

Project 1 has been posted. It is due by 11:59 PM EDT on Wednesday, April 5^th.

Posted: February 13, 2016

Project 0 has been posted. It is due by 11:59 PM EST on Monday, February 27^th.

Posted: February 9, 2016

Homework 1 has been posted. It is due by 11:59 PM EST on Thursday, February 23^rd.

Useful Links:

• Textbook Website
• Piazza
• GitHub
• The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7/IEEE Std. 1003.1, 2013 Edition/POSIX.1-2008
• KallistiOS Source Code Repository
• Hello World System Call Tutorial
• Linux Kernel API documentation [archive.org]
• Unreliable Guide to Locking [in the Linux Kernel]
• Linux Cross Reference
• Kernel Korner: System Calls
• Beej's Guide to Network Programming
• The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide
• Access the Linux Kernel using the /proc filesystem
• OSDev Wiki
• PS3 Epic Fail [ccc.de]
• Breaking the 3DS [ccc.de]
• Microsoft Extensible Firmware Initiative FAT32 Fie System Specification [download.microsoft.com]

Class slides:

Arranged from most to least recently covered.

• Chapter 14^[*]
• Chapter 13^[*]
• Chapter 9^[*]
• Chapter 8^[*]
• Chapter 12^[*]
• The FAT Filesystem^[†]
• Chapter 11^[*]
• Chapter 10
• Chapter 7^[*]
• Chapter 6^[*]
• Chapter 5^[*]
• Chapter 4^[*]
• Chapter 3^[*]
• Chapter 2^[*]
• Chapter 1

Most slides are Copyright © 2013 Silberschatz, Galvin, and Gagne. Used with permission (as granted on the textbook website). Slides marked with a ^[*] have been modified for use in this course. Slides marked with ^[†] are not from the book, but were written by the instructor for this class specifically.

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