Joe Oldham: SMP

Well, this will be a grand experiment. bwahaha. We’ll spend some serious time in the Navy Building.

Posts pertinent specifically to CSC 343 are here.

Resources

• Tanenbaum, Woodhull, Operating Systems Design and Implementation, Third Edition

Reading:

• Tanenbaum on Micro-Kernels vs Monolithic Kernels (Found via slashdot) (posted 1/31.)
• By 2/15 finish chapter 1 of the text (through page 52) and the above piece on Micro-vs-Monolithic kernels.

Assignments

• Please prepare to discuss Shell assignment.doc W 3/26:
• Due 3/3 and 3/5: Chapter 1 homework.doc
• Due 2/13 beginning of class: post on wiki discussion page noting any tests your minix installation failed. All the better if you can comment on the purpose of the test, why it failed.

Syllabus

• Syllabus 343.pdf Syllabus 343.doc