CMPT 300: Old Assignments

Old Assignments

Week 0

Classes haven't begun, but you may want to wander over to the bookstore and look at textbooks. No single textbook will tell you everything you need to know for this course, but several come close. Check out the books page for more information.

Week 1

For Monday, May 3

First class.

First segment: Overview and History

For Wednesday, May 5

Reading

Read Chapter 1 of Silberschatz & Galvin (or Chapter 1 of Stallings).

Read Kernel Traffic (Hint: Check the resources page).

Activities

Learn how to perform basic tasks on a Unix system, including

Edit a file with emacs or vi
Look up a manual page
Compile a C file with gcc
Compile a C++ file with g++

For Friday, May 7

Reading

Read Chapter 2 of Silberschatz & Galvin (or Chapter 2 of Stallings).

Activities

Find out about system calls

Run truss (on Solaris) or strace (on Linux) on a simple program.

Week 2

For Monday, May 10

Reading: Read Chapter 3 of Silberschatz & Galvin (or Chapter 3 of Stallings).
Activities: Review prerequisite material.

For Friday, May 14

Second segment: Introduction to Unix.

Reading

Read Chapter 3 of Silberschatz & Galvin (or Chapter 3 of Stallings).

Activities

Find out about system calls

Run truss (on Solaris) or strace (on Linux) on a simple program.
Read the introductory pages of Sections 2 and 3 of the Unix manual (man -2 intro and man -3 intro).
Learn about file descriptors (accessed via system calls) and the higher-level FILE stream abstraction provided by the C library.
Learn about signals
- Write a program that catches SIGINT (generated when Control-C is pressed) and exits saying "Goodbye!".

Week 3

For Monday, May 17

Reading: Read Kernel Traffic.

For Wednesday, May 19

Third segment: Computer System Architecture.

Reading: Read Assignment 1.
Activities: Work on Assignment 1. (Due Monday, May 31,1999.)

For Friday, May 21

Reading: Read Chapter 4 of Silberschatz & Galvin (or Chapter 3 of Stallings).
Activities: Work on Assignment 1.

Week 4

For Monday, May 24

Victoria Dayclasses cancelled.
Activities: Keep working on Assignment 1 (due next Monday).

For Wednesday, May 26

Reading: Read Assignment 1.
Activities: Work on Assignment 1. (Due Monday, May 31, 1999.)

For Friday, May 28

Fourth segment: Overview of OS Design.

Reading
Activities: Work on Assignment 1. (Due Monday, May 31, 1999.)

Week 5

For Monday, May 31

Fifth segment: Processes and Threads.

Activities: Assignment 1 is due.

For Wednesday, June 2

Reading: Read the Project (PDF Version).
Activities: Begin working on the Project. (See the calendar for deadlines.)

For Friday, June 4

Reading: Read Chapter 5 of Silberschatz & Galvin (or Chapters 4 and 9 of Stallings).
Activities: Work on Project. (See the calendar for deadlines.)

Week 6

For Monday, June 7

Activities: Continue to work on the Project. (See the calendar for deadlines.)

For Wednesday, June 9

Sixth segment: Processor Scheduling.

Activities: Assignment 2 (PDF Version) assigned.
Continue to work on the Project. (See the calendar for deadlines.)

For Friday, June 11

Activities: Continue to work on the Project. (See the calendar for deadlines.)

Week 7

For Monday, June 14

Seventh segment: Synchronization.

Activities: Continue working on Assignment 2 and the Project. (See the calendar for deadlines.)

For Wednesday, June 16

Activities: Continue working on Assignment 2 and the Project. (See the calendar for deadlines.); First demo day for Phase I of the Project.

For Friday, June 18

Activities: Continue working on Assignment 2 and the Project. (See the calendar for deadlines.); Second demo day for Phase I of the Project.

Week 8

For Monday, June 21

Activities: Continue working on the Project and Assignment 2.; Third demo day for Phase I of the Project.

For Wednesday, June 23

Eighth segment: Memory Management.

Reading: Read about memory management, Chapter 8 and 9 of Silberschatz & Galvin (or Chapters 7 and 8 of Stallings).
Activities: Assignment 2 is due.
Continue to work on the Project (PDF Version).

For Friday, June 25

Activities: Continue to work on the Project (PDF Version).
Solutions for Assignment 2 (PDF201 KB) are available.

Week 9

For Monday, June 28

Midterm examination.

Activities: Study for the midterm.
Notes (PDF132 KB).

For Wednesday, June 30

Activities: Continue working on the Project. (See the calendar for deadlines.)

For Friday, July 2

Activities: Continue working on the Project. (See the calendar for deadlines.); First demo day for Phase II of the Project.

Week 10

For Monday, July 5

Activities: Continue working on the Project. (See the calendar for deadlines.); Second demo day for Phase II of the Project.

For Wednesday, July 7

Activities: Continue working on the Project. (See the calendar for deadlines.); Third demo day for Phase II of the Project.

For Friday, July 9

Activities: Continue working on the Project. (See the calendar for deadlines.); Assignment 3 (PDF117 KB) assigned. (Due Wednesday, July 21.)

Week 11

For Monday, July 12

Activities: Continue working on the Project and Assignment 3. (Demonstrations start next Friday; assignment due next Wednesday.)

For Wednesday, July 14

Ninth segment: Deadlock.

Activities: Continue working on the Project and Assignment 3. (Demonstrations start next Friday; assignment due next Wednesday.)
Reading: Chapter 7 of Silberschatz & Galvin; chapter 6 of Stallings.

For Friday, July 16

Activities: Continue working on the Project and Assignment 3. (Demonstrations start next Friday; assignment due next Wednesday.)

Week 12

For Monday, July 19

Activities: Continue working on Assignment 3 (due Wednesday, July 21).

For Wednesday, July 21

Tenth segment: File and Device Management.

Activities: Assignment 3 is due.
Reading: Chapters 10 and 11 of Silberschatz & Galvin or Chapter 12 of Stallings.

For Friday, July 23

Activities: First demo day for Phase III of the Project.

Week 13Last Week of Class!

For Monday, July 26

Activities: Second demo day for Phase III of the Project.

For Wednesday, July 28

Activities: Third demo day for Phase III of the Project.; Work on your final project report! (Due Friday.)

For Friday, July 30

Last Day of Class.

Activities: Final Project Report due.


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Old Assignments Current Assignments. Week 0 \| Week 1 \| Week 2 \| Week 3 \| Week 4 \| Week 5 \| Week 6 \| Week 7 \| Week 8 \| Week 9 \| Week 10 \| Week 11 \| Week 12 \| Week 13 Week 0 Classes haven't begun, but you may want to wander over to the bookstore and look at textbooks. No single textbook will tell you everything you need to know for this course, but several come close. Check out the books page for more information. Week 1 For Monday, May 3 First class. First segment: Overview and History For Wednesday, May 5 Reading Read Chapter 1 of Silberschatz & Galvin (or Chapter 1 of Stallings). Read Kernel Traffic (Hint: Check the resources page). Activities Learn how to perform basic tasks on a Unix system, including Edit a file with emacs or vi Look up a manual page Compile a C file with gcc Compile a C++ file with g++ For Friday, May 7 Reading Read Chapter 2 of Silberschatz & Galvin (or Chapter 2 of Stallings). Activities Find out about system calls Run `truss` (on Solaris) or `strace` (on Linux) on a simple program. Week 2 For Monday, May 10 Reading Read Chapter 3 of Silberschatz & Galvin (or Chapter 3 of Stallings). Activities Review prerequisite material. For Friday, May 14 Second segment: Introduction to Unix. Reading Read Chapter 3 of Silberschatz & Galvin (or Chapter 3 of Stallings). Activities Find out about system calls Run `truss` (on Solaris) or `strace` (on Linux) on a simple program. Read the introductory pages of Sections 2 and 3 of the Unix manual (`man -2 intro` and `man -3 intro`). Learn about file descriptors (accessed via system calls) and the higher-level `FILE` stream abstraction provided by the C library. Learn about signals Write a program that catches `SIGINT` (generated when Control-C is pressed) and exits saying "Goodbye!". Week 3 For Monday, May 17 Reading Read Kernel Traffic. For Wednesday, May 19 Third segment: Computer System Architecture. Reading Read Assignment 1. Activities Work on Assignment 1. (Due Monday, May 31,1999.) For Friday, May 21 Reading Read Chapter 4 of Silberschatz & Galvin (or Chapter 3 of Stallings). Activities Work on Assignment 1. Week 4 For Monday, May 24 Victoria Dayclasses cancelled. Activities Keep working on Assignment 1 (due next Monday). For Wednesday, May 26 Reading Read Assignment 1. Activities Work on Assignment 1. (Due Monday, May 31, 1999.) For Friday, May 28 Fourth segment: Overview of OS Design. Reading Activities Work on Assignment 1. (Due Monday, May 31, 1999.) Week 5 For Monday, May 31 Fifth segment: Processes and Threads. Activities Assignment 1 is due. For Wednesday, June 2 Reading Read the Project (PDF Version). Activities Begin working on the Project. (See the calendar for deadlines.) For Friday, June 4 Reading Read Chapter 5 of Silberschatz & Galvin (or Chapters 4 and 9 of Stallings). Activities Work on Project. (See the calendar for deadlines.) Week 6 For Monday, June 7 Activities Continue to work on the Project. (See the calendar for deadlines.) For Wednesday, June 9 Sixth segment: Processor Scheduling. Activities Assignment 2 (PDF Version) assigned. Continue to work on the Project. (See the calendar for deadlines.) For Friday, June 11 Activities Continue to work on the Project. (See the calendar for deadlines.) Week 7 For Monday, June 14 Seventh segment: Synchronization. Activities Continue working on Assignment 2 and the Project. (See the calendar for deadlines.) For Wednesday, June 16 Activities Continue working on Assignment 2 and the Project. (See the calendar for deadlines.) First demo day for Phase I of the Project. For Friday, June 18 Activities Continue working on Assignment 2 and the Project. (See the calendar for deadlines.) Second demo day for Phase I of the Project. Week 8 For Monday, June 21 Activities Continue working on the Project and Assignment 2. Third demo day for Phase I of the Project. For Wednesday, June 23 Eighth segment: Memory Management. Reading Read about memory management, Chapter 8 and 9 of Silberschatz & Galvin (or Chapters 7 and 8 of Stallings). Activities Assignment 2 is due. Continue to work on the Project (PDF Version). For Friday, June 25 Activities Continue to work on the Project (PDF Version). Solutions for Assignment 2 (PDF201 KB) are available. Week 9 For Monday, June 28 Midterm examination. Activities Study for the midterm. Notes (PDF132 KB). For Wednesday, June 30 Activities Continue working on the Project. (See the calendar for deadlines.) For Friday, July 2 Activities Continue working on the Project. (See the calendar for deadlines.) First demo day for Phase II of the Project. Week 10 For Monday, July 5 Activities Continue working on the Project. (See the calendar for deadlines.) Second demo day for Phase II of the Project. For Wednesday, July 7 Activities Continue working on the Project. (See the calendar for deadlines.) Third demo day for Phase II of the Project. For Friday, July 9 Activities Continue working on the Project. (See the calendar for deadlines.) Assignment 3 (PDF117 KB) assigned. (Due Wednesday, July 21.) Week 11 For Monday, July 12 Activities Continue working on the Project and Assignment 3. (Demonstrations start next Friday; assignment due next Wednesday.) For Wednesday, July 14 Ninth segment: Deadlock. Activities Continue working on the Project and Assignment 3. (Demonstrations start next Friday; assignment due next Wednesday.) Reading Chapter 7 of Silberschatz & Galvin; chapter 6 of Stallings. For Friday, July 16 Activities Continue working on the Project and Assignment 3. (Demonstrations start next Friday; assignment due next Wednesday.) Week 12 For Monday, July 19 Activities Continue working on Assignment 3 (due Wednesday, July 21). For Wednesday, July 21 Tenth segment: File and Device Management. Activities Assignment 3 is due. Reading Chapters 10 and 11 of Silberschatz & Galvin or Chapter 12 of Stallings. For Friday, July 23 Activities First demo day for Phase III of the Project. Week 13Last Week of Class! For Monday, July 26 Activities Second demo day for Phase III of the Project. For Wednesday, July 28 Activities Third demo day for Phase III of the Project. Work on your final project report! (Due Friday.) For Friday, July 30 Last Day of Class. Activities Final Project Report due. Current Assignments.
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Old Assignments

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