CMPSCI 577:  Operating Systems Implementation - Syllabus

Fall 2006 Course Information

Instructors:

Prashant Shenoy

Office: Room 336, Computer Science Building
Office Hours: to be determined
Phone: (413) 577 0850
Fax: (413) 545 1249
Email: shenoy [at] cs.umass.edu

Peter Desnoyers

Office: Room 214, Computer Science Bldg.
Office Hours: (preliminary) Mon. 1:00-2:00, Thu. 11:00-12:00
Phone: (413) 545-4753
Email: pjd [at] cs.umass.edu

Prerequisites: An undergraduate course in operating systems (equivalent to CMPSCI 377) and proficiency in the C programming languate.

Course Materials:

1. Recommended Texts:

   Understanding the Linux Kernel, 3^rd edition.
   Daniel P. Bovet and Marco Cesati
   O'Reilly, Nov. 2005. Publisher's link

   (note - the 2nd and 1st editions describe the 2.4 kernel and earlier, and will not be much use.)
   
   Linux Device Drivers, 3^rd edition.
   Jonathan Corbet, Alessandro Rubini, and Greg Kroah-Hartman
   O'Reilly, Feb. 2005 Publisher's link

2. OSLab website:

   The OSLab website, http://www.oslab.info, contains additional links and information which are useful for this class.

3. Course home page:

   Course materials, schedule, etc. will be posted on the course website at http://lass.cs.umass.edu/~shenoy/courses/577

4. Mailing list:

   A broadcast mailing list, cs577@cs.umass.edu, has been created. Subscribe to this list by sending email to majordomo@cs.umass.edu with a single line, 'subscribe cs577', in the body.

Coursework

• Class participation and discussion: 5% of final grade
• Programming assignments: 75% of final grade
• Final project: 20% of final grade