CS 423 Spring 2008 Operating Systems Design

Comment: If you can't start/solve at least 60-70% of the problems, you may be asked to drop CS423. Recommendation: If you score badly at this review, you should consider auditing CS241 in our department.

1/13 MP group formation: for MPs, please form groups of up to two or three students and email group formation to TA by 1/23.
1/13 Proficiency Requirement: for students who would like to do proficiency on CS423 instead of taking this class, you need to:

Finish MP4 (the last MP)
Take the final exam
Your final grade will be given by comparing your scores to the students in the class (comparing the final exam and MP4 scores only) and then passed to the academic office who will decide "pass" or "fail".

Personnel

Roy Campbell, Instructor	Office: 3122 SC Office Hours: Tue 9am-10am; Thu 9am-10am Telephone: 333-0215 Email: rhc@uiuc.edu

Jeff Naisbitt, TA	Office: 0207 SC Office Hours: Mon 1pm-2pm; Wed 9:30am-10:30am (or by appt.) Telephone: 244-0526, 333-1463 Email: naisbitt@uiuc.edu

Resources

Linux

Linux Cross Reference for kernel version 2.6.11 (browse/search source)
Linux Kernel 2.6 Internals (quick explanations of kernel source)
Recommended Linux kernel programming books
Kernel coding style
Introduction to Linux (from a user's perspective)
The Linux Documentation Project (lots more documentation)

Useful tools (already installed)

GRUB bootloader
OpenSSH (remote login and file transfer)
Sudo (execute commands as root easily)
GNU Screen (multiplex, detach and share terminals)
rsync (back up your kernel source modifications)

Kernel debuggers (for the adventurous)

KDB
KGDB

If you patch your kernel with a debugger (or any other third-party feature), please do not include the debugger in the patches you submit for your MP!