CIS 662: Operating System Laboratory
Description
Construction of operating system components: scheduling, context
switching, process management, message passing, memory management,
interrupt processing.
Level, Credits, Class Time Distribution, Prerequisites
| Level |
Credits |
Class Time Distribution |
Prerequisites |
|
U G |
3 |
Three one-hour lectures |
CIS 660 |
Quarters Offered, General Information, Exclusions, Cross-Listings, etc.
- Au, Wi
- Lab assignments are programmed in C.
Objectives
This course builds on the broad overview of operating system
principles gained from completing CIS 660. It shows how those
principles are applied in a specific operating system,
Xinu, and ensures the following objectives:
Master using Xinu operating environment
Be familiar with using appropriate data structures and algorithms to
manage processes in Xinu
Be familiar with using appropriate data structures and algorithms to
to manage memory in Xinu
Be familiar with using appropriate data structures and algorithms to
enable interprocess synchronization in Xinu
Be familiar with using appropriate data structures and algorithms to
manage interrupts, clocks, and devices in Xinu
Texts
- D. Comer, Operating System Design: The XINU approach, Prentice-Hall.
- CIS 662 Course Notes.
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Topics
| No. of Wks. |
Topics |
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1 |
Introduction to Xinu |
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1 |
Semaphores, lists |
|
1 |
Run-time environment |
|
2 |
Process management; interprocess communication |
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1 |
Interrupts |
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1 |
I/O |
|
2 |
Clock, and initialization |
Representative Lab Assignments
| Week |
Lab Topic |
|
2 |
Process ordering and synchronization in Xinu |
|
4 |
Generalizing the Xinu semaphore |
|
6 |
Generalizing the Xinu scheduler |
|
8 |
Extending the Xinu memory manager |
|
9 |
Adding a new I/O device to Xinu |
Grading Plan
| Lab assignments |
75% |
| Final Exam | 25% |
Preparer Information and Date:
Syllabus prepared by Sandy Mamrak, last modified April 30, 1999.