| Date | Reading | Topics and Lecture Slides | Examples & Assignments |
| 01/08 | Link to
download VirtualBox Link to download ubuntu 12.04 LTS (check if my computer is 32-bit or 64-bit) Installing Ubuntu inside Windows using VirtualBox Shell basics online C tutorial |
Course Information Download and Install Linux |
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| 01/10 | Makefile tutorial (replace .cpp with .c and g++ with gcc for C programs) | C programming review Compile and run C programs in Linux |
calender.c addresses and pointers structs pointers and arrays file linked list sample Makefile |
| 01/15 | Read Chapter 1 | Intruduction to Operating Systems: Chapter 1 | |
| 01/17 | Read Chapter 2 | OS structures: Chapter 2 | Error message from system call |
| 01/22 | Read 3.1-3.3 | Process Management: Chapter 3-1 | fork a new process |
| 01/24 | Read 3.4 | Process Communication via Shared Memory: Chapter 3-2 (obsolete) | |
| 01/29 | Process Communication via Shared Memory: Chapter 3-2 (updated) | shared memory mapped_memory gcc test.c -o test -lrt |
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| 01/31 | Class canceled |
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| 02/05 | Finish reading Chapter 3 | Process Communication via Pipe: Chapter 3-3 | pipe ex_fifo_producer, ex_fifo_consumer socket |
| 02/07 | Read Chapter 4 | Threads: Chapter 4 | threads example 1 threads example 2 gcc test.c -o test -lpthread |
| 02/12 | Read 5.1-5.6 | Process Synchronization: Chapter 5-1 | |
| 02/14 | Read 5.7 | Process Synchronization: Chapter 5-2 | semaphore examples: threads related processes unrelated processes: server, client |
| 02/19 | Read 5.8-5.11 | Process Synchronization: Chapter 5-2 (Revised) | mutex conditional variable |
| 02/20 | Read Chapter 6 | CPU Scheduling: Chapter 6-1 | |
| 02/28 | Midterm Exam in class (1-2pm, close book) | Midterm Exam | Midterm Exam |
| 03/12 | Read 8.1-8.3 | Main Memory: Chapter 8-1 | |
| 03/19 | Read 8.4-6, 8.9 | Main Memory: Chapter 8-2 | |
| 03/21 | Read 9.1-9.6, 9.8, 9.9, 9.11 | Virtual Memory: Chapter 9-1, Chapter 9-2 | |
| 03/26 | Read Chapters 11 | File Systems: Chapter 11 | |
| 03/28 | Read Chapters 10 and 12 | File Systems: Chapter 10, Chapter 12 | |
| 04/02 | Read Chapter 14 | Protection: Chapter 14 | |
| 04/04 | Read Chapter 15 Read Chapters 4-6 in Linux Kernel Development |
Security: Chapter 15 | |
| 04/09 | Read Chapter 17 | Distributed Systems: Chapter 17-1 | |
| 04/11 | Read Chapter 17 | Distributed Systems: Chapter 17-2 |
| Lecture
instructor Dr. James Yang (email: zijiang.yang@wmich.edu) Lecture Hours: Tues/Thurs 1:00-2:15 (in room C-141) Office hours: Tues/Thurs 2:15-3:00 (in room B-257) |
Grader Hao Li Email: hao.81.li@wmich.edu Course Syllabus |
| Dates
to
note 01/11/13 (Monday) - Drop/add ends 03/04-03/08 - Spring break 03/10/13 (Monday) - Midterm grades due 03/18/13 (Monday) - Last day to withdraw 04/25/13 (Thursday) - Final exam 2:45-4:45 |
Textbook * Required Text: Operating System Concepts, 9th edition, Silberschatx, Galvin, and Gagne, Wiley, ISBN 9781118063330, 2012 * Required Text Linux Kernel Development, 3nd ed., Robert Love, Novell, ISBN 0672329468, 2010 * Recommended Text The C Programming Language (2nd Edition, ANSI C) Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie. Prentice Hall PTR; ISBN: 0131103628; |
| Zipping your
project/app (folder of
files/folders) To zip a project folder using 7-zip (installed on lab machines) - right-click the folder & select 7-zip / Add to archive [free download of 7-zip www.7-zip.org, it you want it] - change file name extension to .zip (for asgn submission), click OK [E-Learning only accepts .zip files, not .7z files] OR zip using Windows - right-click the folder & select Send to / Compressed (zipped) Folder To unzip a project/app - right-click the zipped folder & select 7-zip / Extract here |
Submitting
assignments using
E-Learning (in gowmu) see: HowToSubmit.txt [Zipped file must have .zip extension, not .7z extension]. |
| help
for
general CS/computer/software issues CS Student Computer Support (room C-208) CS Department SysAdmin (room C-218) WMU Computer Help Desk (main campus) |
WMU
Computer-related clubs WMU Computer Club (main campus) (weekly meetings, bi-weekly presentations) CS Undergraduate Advising Dr. Kerstetter & Dr. Kaminski Call (276-3270) or visit (E-102) CEAS Advising for appointment |