CS241 Spring 2007 Home Page

Exam Dates and Rooms

Midterm: March, 5, 2007 (Monday), Time: 11-11:50am, Room: 1404 SC

Final Exam: May 8, 2007 (Tuesday), Time: 8:00-11:00am– Room:

Last name starts with A to P inclusive : SC1404
Last name starts with S : SC1105
Last name starts with R or T or V : SC1302
Last name starts with W to Z inclusive : SC1304
Space is limited, make sure you go to the correct room!

Announcements

5/6 LMP3 quiz answers posted. See the Answers to Quizzes section.

5/6 Homework 2 Solution is available. See the Homework and Machine Problems section.

5/2 Shadow Homework 5 Solutions on Networking is Available.

5/2 Shadow Homework 4 Solutions on Memory Management is Available.

4/30 Regular Quiz 12 answers posted. See the Answers to Quizzes section.

4/25 LMP2 solution has been posted. See the Homework and Machine Problems section.

4/23 Regular Quiz 12 will be on Friday, 4/27. It will cover Stalling Chapter 13.1-13.3, R&R 18.1-3, 18.7-8 plus lecture notes about networking until Wednesday lectures (4/25).

4/23 Shadow Homework 3 Solutions on File Systems is Available.

4/23 Schoeller Porter, Senior Software Engineer at Wolfram Research, Inc. will speak during our class on April 30. Title of his talk is "Challenges of Mathematica Development on Different OS Platforms". See Talk Abstract and Short Biography of the Speaker

4/20 Dr. Cerf's Lecture Slides are posted . See Miller Distinguished Lecture by Dr. Vint Cerf and CS Lecture by Dr. Vint Cerf

4/20 LMP2 quiz answers posted. See the Answers to Quizzes section.

4/20 LMP1 quiz answers posted. See the Answers to Quizzes section.

4/19 Regular Quiz 11 will be on Frida\y, 4/20. It will cover Chapter 8.1 (Paging, Page Table Structure, Two-Level Paging, Protection Bits) and Chapter 8.2 (replacement strategies and implementation issues of paging) from Stallings book (see also lectures and self-assessmen\t quiz on me\mory management). Especially review lectures from Friday, 4/13 and 4/16. There will be no networking questions on the quiz.

4/18 Shadow Homework 4 on Memory Management i\s Available

4/16 LMP3 has been posted. See the Homework and Machine Problems section.

4/16 LMP2 Quiz was moved to Wednesday, 4/18/07.

4/12 Shadow Homework 3 on File Systems is Available

4/12 Regular Quiz 10 will be on Friday, 4/13. It will cover Chapter 8.1 (Paging, Page Table Structure, TLB, Inverted Page Table, Two-Level Paging, Protection Bits and Sharing) and Chapter 8.2 (Demand Paging Concept) from Stallings book (see also lectures and self-assessment quiz on me\mory management).

4/05 On 4/11 we will have a guest speaker, Dr. Vinton Cerf, vice-president and Chief Internet Evangelist in Google , also known as one of the fathers of the Internet and TCP/IP. He will speak during our class on various aspects of Computing&Internet.

4/05 Regular Quiz 9 will be on Friday, 4/6. It will cover Chapter 7.1-7.3 and Chapter 8.1 (Paging, Page Table Structure, TLB) from Stallings book (see also lectures and self-assessment quiz on memory management).

4/02 LMP2 has been posted. See the Homework and Machine Problems section.

4/02 LMP1 solution has been posted. See the Homework and Machine Problems section.

4/02 SMP5 solution has been posted. See the Homework and Machine Problems section.

4/02 SMP5 quiz answers posted. See the Answers to Quizzes section.

3/29 LMP1 Quiz will be on Monday, April 2.

3/29 Regular Quiz 8 will be on Friday, 3/30. It will cover Chapter 11.1-11.3, Chapter 12 from Stallings book and Chapter 5.1-5.4 from R&R book (see also lectures and self-assessment quiz on file systems).

3/16 Course Survey Quiz is available on the Compass. You can earn extra (0.5%) credit by filling out the survey (see the grading policies). The deadline is March 30.

3/14 Regular Quiz 7 will be on Friday, 3/16. It will cover Chapter 6.1-6.4 and Chapter 9 (especially Appendix 9B) from Stallings Book.

3/14 Self-Assessment (SA) Quiz 8 is Available on Compass:

Please, check the Self-Assessment Quiz 8 on Chapter 6.1-6.4 and I/O Chapter 11 (Stallings Book)

3/12 LMP1 has been posted. See the Homework and Machine Problems section.

3/07 Midterm solutions have been posted.

3/06 SMP5 has been posted. See the Homework and Machine Problems section.

3/06 SMP2 solution has been posted. See the Homework and Machine Problems section.

3/04 Shadow Homework 2 Solution Posted.

3/02 Homework 1 solution posted. See the Homework and \Machine Problems section.

3/02 Shadow Homework 1 Solution posted.

3/02 SMP4 solution posted. See the Homework and Machine Problems section.

3/01 A review session for the midterm will be held this Sunday, 2-3:30pm in room 1404 SC.

2/26 SMP4 quiz answers posted. See the Answers to Quizzes section.

2/24 Enhanced test cases posted for SMP4 (stricter enforcement of round robin). See the Homework and Machine Problems section.

2/24 Improved Makefile posted for SMP4 (forces re-build when you change sched_impl.h). See the Homework and Machine Problems section.

2/23 Homework 1 has been posted. See the Homework and Machine Problems section.

2/19 SMP3 solution has been posted. See the Homework and Machine Problems section.

2/19 SMP4 has been posted. See the Homework and Machine Problems section.

2/18 Shadow Homework 2 on Synchronization and Scheduling is Available

2/18 Regular Quiz 5 will be on Friday, 2/23. It will cover Chapter 9.1-9.2 from Stallings Book, Chapter 8.1-8.5 from R&R Book, and lectures.

2/16 Regular Quiz 4 will be this Friday. It will cover Chapter 5.1-5.3 from Stallings Book, Chapter 13.1-13.3 and 14.1-14.3 from R&R Book, and lectures.

2/15 SMP3 files (Makefile and smp3_tests.c) have been updated; however, no changes affecting the assignment functionality have been made. Please re-download smp3.zip and replace these two files.

2/14 SMP3 deadline has been extended to 5pm on Monday, February 19. SMP3 quiz will be given during the Wednesday, February 21, lecture.

2/12 SMP3 has been posted. See the Homework and Machine Problems section.

2/7 SMP2 has been posted. See the Homework and Machine Problems section.

2/7 Self-Assessment (SA) Quiz 4 is Available on Compass:

Please, check the Self-Assessment Quiz 4 on Chapter 4/5 and Appendix A (Stallings Book)

We strongly encourage you to take the SA Quiz to study for the Regular Quiz 3 since the questions may be similar.

2/6 SMP1 Solution and grading tests

2/5 Regular Quiz 3 will be this week. It will cover Chapter 4 from Stallings Book, Chapter 2 and 12 from R&R Book, and lectures.

1/30 Regular Quiz 2 will be this week. It will cover Chapter 2 and 3 from Stallings Book and Chapter 2 and 3 from R&R Book.

1/30 Shadow Homework 1 on Processes/Threads is Available

1/30 Self-Assessment (SA) Quiz 3 is Available on Compass:

Please, check the Self-Assessment Quiz 3 on Chapter 2 & 3 (Stallings Book) and Chapters 2 and 3 (R&R Book).

We strongly encourage you to take the SA Quiz to study for the Regular Quiz 2 since the questions may be similar.

1/29 SMP0 sample solution has been posted. See the Homework and Machine Problems section.

1/29 SMP1 update: the grading policy for SMP1 has been clarified, all problems are weighted equally.

1/29 SMP1 has been posted. See the Homework and Machine Problems section.

1/26 SMP0 quiz on Monday, January 29 in class. The Quiz will ask questions relating to the MP.

1/24 We will have graders available via lab-hours on specific days and times where you can ask them C questions. During the specified times, you may talk to them in 216 SC or email them or get into the chat room and ask your questions about C. Any related MP questions will be answered by TAs. Those you should post on the newsgroup. The lab-hours are as follows:

Brandon Miller : Wednesday 4-6pm, Friday noon-3pm
Matt Sparks: Wednesday 1-4pm, Friday 3-5pm
Tom Clausing : Tuesday 4-7pm, Friday 5-7pm
Matthew Tjarks : Thursday 3:30-*:30pm

1/22 Quiz 1 will be this week (Friday) and it will cover material - Chapter 1&2 (Stallings) and Chapter 1 (R&R).

1/22 Self-Assessment (SA) Quizzes Available on Compass: Please, check Self-Assessment Quiz 1 on C Programming and Self-Assessment Quiz 2 on Chapter 1& 2 (Stallings Book) and Chapter 1 (R&R Book). We strongly encourage you to take the SA Quizzes to study for the Regular Quiz 1 since the questions may be similar. Both SA-Quizzes are posted on the Compass.

1/22 SMP0 has been posted. See the Homework and Machine Problems section.

1/17 Class will have optional discussion sections in the Room 0220 Siebel Center. It is strongly recommended that you attend one discussion section each week. Sign up for one of the following sessions in class. Choose a Discussion Section:

Tuesday, 11am - Kirill Mechitov; — section full, 25 students signed up
Tuesday, 4pm - Sameer Sundresh; — section full, 25 students signed up
Tuesday, 6pm - Sameer Sundresh; — section full, 25 students signed up
Thursday, 4pm - Stephen Kloder; — section full, 25 students signed up
Thursday, 6pm - Stephen Kloder; — section full, 25 students signed up
Thursday, 7pm - Kirill Mechitov; — a lot of seats left

1/17 Class newsgroup is class.cs241 on the news.cs.uiuc.edu server. Set up your account here.

1/17 There is one class session we will meet on MWF 11–11:50 am in 1404 Siebel Center The first day of class is Wednesday, January 17, 2007.

Personnel

Klara Nahrstedt, Instructor

Office: 3104 SC
Office Hours: Starting January 22 - Tuesday 8:30-9:30am, Wednesday 1:30-2:30pm
Telephone: (217) 244-6624

Lawrence Angrave, Instructor

Office: 2217 SC
Office Hours: Monday 9–10am, Tuesday 9–10am
Telephone: (217) 333-1424

Note: If you have a general question to email the TAs (not specific homework question), please .
This address goes to all TAs and should decrease the response time for your email.

Kirill Mechitov, TA1

Office Hours: 1–2pm Friday and 2–3pm Sunday in 0214 SC
Individiual Email: mechitov at uiuc.edu
Discussion Sections: 11am–12pm Tuesday, 7pm–8pm Thursday in 220 SC
Telephone: (217) 244-5973

Sameer Sundresh, TA2

Office Hours: 2–3pm Thursday and Friday in 0214 SC
Individual Email: sundresh at uiuc.edu
Discussion Sections: 4–5pm Tuesday, 6–7pm Tuesday in 220 SC
Telephone: (217) 244-5973

Stephen Kloder, TA3

Office Hours: 10 –11am Wednesday and Friday in 0214 SC
Individual Email: kloder at uiuc.edu
Discussion Sections: 4–5pm Thursday, 6–7pm Thursday in 220 SC
Telephone: (217) 244-5973

Resources

TextBooks

IMPORTANT: The two recommended text books are sold at a discount as a package. The Robbins and Stalling package ISBN 0132444720 has a net price of $140.40 and is a lot less than buying the books individually. The books are also available as an on-line package through SafariX.

Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles, Fifth Edition by William Stallings, Prentice Hall ISBN 0-13-147954-7.
OS Book Resource Web Site (Animations, Pseudocode, pdfs, UNIX, Windows, Bibliography, Standards)
Student Resource Web Site (Help for students - maths, coding, writing aids, good practices)
UNIX SYSTEMS Programming: Communication, Concurrency and Threads by Kay A. Robbins and Steven Robbins, Prentice Hall ISBN 0-13-042411-0
Programming Resource Web Site

Stallings Student Resources

Student Study Guide

Linux

TSG and CSIL Facilities

Useful tools (already installed)

OpenSSH (remote login and file transfer)

Sudo (execute commands as root easily)

GNU Screen (multiplex, detach and share terminals)

Other on-line resources

GSview - For viewing PostScript files.

Safari book service (R&R book, free to read online)

Online PDF conversion (useful for the homework assignments)

Updated: September 14, 2006

Course Description

Course Materials

Exam Dates and Rooms

Announcements

Personnel

Resources

TextBooks

Stallings Student Resources

Operating Systems: Internals and Design Principles, Fifth Edition

Computer Science Student Resource Site

Sockets: Beej's guide programmer's introduction.

Linux

Useful tools (already installed)

C Programming

GNU Make

Other on-line resources