This schedule is tentative and most likely will be revised. Among other things, the assignments are not yet cast in stone and some of the assignment links are dangling. More assignments may be added.
You may also be interested in the Fall 2008 syllabus, which has old copies of scribe notes.
| date | due | textbook readings | lecture topics | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03-30 M | Introduction | |||
| 04-01 W | §1, §2–§2.C | Abstractions and bootstrapping | ||
| 04-06 M | §4–§4.A.2, §5–§5.A, §5.C | Modularity and virtualization | ||
| 04-07 Tu | Lab 1a | |||
| 04-08 W | §5.E | OS organization | ||
| 04-13 M | Orthogonality, processes, and races | |||
| 04-14 Tu | WeensyOS 1 | |||
| 04-15 W | §5.B (except §5.B.5) | Signals, scheduling, and threads | ||
| 04-17 F | Lab 1b | |||
| 04-20 M | §6.C–§6.C.3 | Scheduling algorithms | ||
| 04-22 W | §9.A.3–§9.A.5 | Consistency; critical sections | ||
| 04-27 M | §5.B.5, §5.F | Synchronization primitives; deadlock | ||
| 04-29 W | midterm | |||
| 05-04 M | Lab 2 | §6.A | File system performance | |
| 05-06 W | Appendix 2-A | File system design | ||
| 05-11 M | §6.C.4 | File system implementation | ||
| 05-13 W | Lab 3 | §8.A.1, §8.B.1, §8.D.1, §9–§9.A.3, §9.B | File system robustness | |
| 05-18 M | §5.D, §6.B intro, §6.B.3–§6.B.9 | Virtual memory | ||
| 05-20 W | §4.B, §4.C | VM and processes; distributed systems | ||
| 05-22 F | WeensyOS 2 | |||
| 05-27 W | Appendix 4-B | Robustness, parallelism, and NFS | ||
| 06-01 M | §11–§11.H | Security I | ||
| 06-03 W | Lab 4 | Security II (alternate versions B, C, D, E, F) | ||
| 06-05 F | 1-page report |
All assignments are due at 23:59:59 on the date specified. Design problem due dates are one week after the normal lab due dates, except for Lab 4 which are due on the last day of instruction. Scribe notes are due one week after the lecture, except for lectures during the last week, which are due Friday of the last week.
The final exam is three hours and will be held at the time scheduled by the registrar.