Homework Assignments

The below list of homeworks will be completed as the semester progresses.

#	Topic	Due at 3:30 pm on
1	lots of tools and a simple program	Tue, Jan 17
2	a splash screen boot sector	Tue, Jan 24
3	Device drivers for console and display	Thu, Feb 2
4	mmap: eager and lazy	Tue, Feb 14
5	page table magic: deduplication and copy-on-write	Tue, Feb 21
6	adding threading support to xv6	Thu, Mar 16
	midterm	Tue, Mar 7
	final	May 5, 1-3 pm

The due date is typically firm - individual extensions are not possible as we tend to discuss the solution in class right after the due date. The homework schedule has room for a few extensions that would then apply to the class as a whole.

Possible Bonus Projects and Undergraduate Research/Design Projects

1. port xv6 to Raspberry Pi 2
2. port xv6 to 64-bit x86 (AMD64)
3. port tinycc to xv6
4. implement USB driver
5. implement ethernet driver