Anything on the schedule more than 24 hours in advance is subject to change.
From source code to running program
Week | Day | Description | Readings | Notes |
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1 | 8/27 | intro | so you want to be a wizard | |
1 | 8/29 | linking intro | 7.1-7.6 | |
2 | 9/3 | symbol resolution | 7.7-7.9 | |
2 | 9/5 | relocation | 7.7-7.9 | no quiz |
3 | 9/10 | loading executables | 7.9 | |
3 | 9/12 | position independent code, control flow intro | 7.10-7.12, 8-8.1 | quiz on 7.10-7.12 |
Exceptional control flow and the user-kernel boundary
Week | Day | Description | Readings | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
4 | 9/17 | Exceptions | 8.1 | |
4 | 9/19 | Processes | 8.2 | |
5 | 9/24 | System Calls | 8.3-8.4 | helpful: strace zine |
5 | 9/26 | Signals | 8.5 | |
6 | 10/1 | Signals & Files | 8.5, 10.1-10.8 | |
6 | 10/3 | Files |
Memory Management and Virtual Memory
Week | Day | Description | Readings | Notes |
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7 | 10/8 | Files and Virtual Addressing | 9.1-9.2 | |
7 | 10/10 | Virtual Memory Paging & Caching | 9.3-9.4 | lecture delivered online; no in class lecture or quiz |
8 | 10/15 | Memory mgmt and address translation | 9.5-9.6 | |
8 | 10/17 | Dynamic Memory Allocation | 9.9 | |
9 | 10/22 | Garbage collection | 9.10 | |
9 | 10/24 | Midterm exam | No daytime class; midterm is at 6pm in SES 250 | |
10 | 10/29 | Memory mgmt and address translation | 9.5-9.6 | |
10 | 10/31 | Memory Mapping | 9.7-9.8 |
Networking
Week | Day | Description | Readings | Notes |
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11 | 11/5 | Networking concepts | 11.1-11.2 | |
11 | 11/7 | IP & DNS | 11.3-11.3.2 | |
12 | 11/12 | Connections and Sockets | 11.3.3-11.4 | |
12 | 11/14 | HTTP | 11.5 |
Coordinating with other processes
Week | Day | Description | Readings | Notes |
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13 | 11/19 | Multiprocessing | 12.1-12.2 | |
13 | 11/21 | Multithreading | 12.3 | |
14 | 11/26 | Shared vars and Semaphores | 12.4-12.5 | |
14 | 11/28 | Thanksgiving | no class | |
15 | 12/3 | Threads for Parallelism | 12.6 | |
15 | 12/5 | Final exam review | no quiz |