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The course outline for this course can be found [http://www.scs.carleton.ca/courses/course_outline.php?Number=COMP%203000&Term=Fall&Year=2011 here]
The course outline for this course can be found [http://www.scs.carleton.ca/courses/course_outline.php?Number=COMP%203000&Term=Fall&Year=2011 here]
==Readings==
Readings for individual weeks are listed in the weekly table below.  A backup copy of the readings can also be accessed [http://homeostasis.scs.carleton.ca/~soma/os-2011f/papers/ here].
==Distribution Reports==
You will be submitting a operating system distribution report in three parts.  In Part I, you'll be reporting on the user experience.  Part II will have you examine in detail at the software installed on the system; Part III will have you evaluate configurations and performance.
* Sign up for your distribution [[COMP 3000 Distribution Sign-up 2011|here]].
* [[COMP 3000 Distribution Report Specifications 2011|Information on the Report]]


==Class Help==
==Class Help==
TBA


==Lectures and Deadlines==
To get help, please talk to us in the labs, during office hours, or please email us.  Our office hours and email addresses are on the course outline.  Note that we may not respond instantly to email.
 
==Lectures, Labs, and Deadlines==


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     <th>
     <th>
     <p align="left">Date</p>
     <p align="left">Week</p>
     </th>
     </th>
     <th>
     <th>
     <p align="left">Due/In Class
     <p align="left">Due
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     <th>
     <p align="left">Readings</p>
     <p align="left">Readings</p>
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    <th>
    <p align="left">Notes</p>
     </th>
     </th>
   </tr>
   </tr>
     <tr>
     <tr>
       <td>
       <td>
       <p>Sept. 12th & 14th
       <p>Sept. 12-14
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       <td>
       <p>
       <p>
      </p>
      </td>
      <td>
      <p>[[COMP 3000 2011 Week 1 Notes|Notes]]
      </p>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Sept. 19-23
      </td>
      <td>[[COMP 3000 Lab 1 2011|Lab 1]]<br>(Sept. 23, 8 PM)
      </td>
      <td>UNIX Basics
      </td>
      <td>Ritchie &amp; Thompson, [http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=361061 The UNIX Time-Sharing System].
      </td>
      <td>
      <p>[[COMP 3000 2011 Week 2 Notes|Notes]]
      </p>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Sept. 26-30
      </td>
      <td>[[COMP 3000 Lab 2 2011|Lab 2]]<br>(Sept. 30, 8 PM)
      </td>
      <td>Virtualization basics
      </td>
      <td>Barham et al., [http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=945462 Xen and the Art of Virtualization].
      </td>
      <td>
      <p>[[COMP 3000 2011 Week 3 Notes|Notes]]
      </p>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Oct. 3-7
      </td>
      <td>Test 1 (Oct. 5)<br>No tutorial
      </td>
      <td>Review and Test
      </td>
      <td>[[COMP 3000 Test 1 Study Guide 2011|Test 1 Study Guide]]
      </td>
      <td>
      <p>[[COMP 3000 2011 Week 4 Notes|Notes]]
      </p>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Oct. 10-14
      </td>
      <td>No tutorial or class on Mon<br>(Thanksgiving)
      </td>
      <td>Test Debrief, Report
      </td>
      <td>[http://homeostasis.scs.carleton.ca/~soma/os-2011f/comp3000-test1-2011F-sol.pdf Test 1 Solutions]
      </td>
      <td>
      <p>[[COMP 3000 2011 Week 5 Notes|Notes]]
       </p>
       </p>
       </td>
       </td>
     </tr>
     </tr>
     <tr>
     <tr>
       <td>Oct. 21st
       <td>Oct. 17-21
      </td>
      <td>Report I (Oct. 19)<br>[[COMP 3000 Lab 3 2011|Lab 3]]
      </td>
      <td>Scheduling, Signals
       </td>
       </td>
       <td>Midterm exam
       <td>[https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Scheduling_%28computing%29 Scheduling on Wikipedia], [http://users.actcom.co.il/~choo/lupg/tutorials/signals/signals-programming.html LUPG's Signal Programming], [https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-completely-fair-scheduler/ CFS Overview @ IBM]
       </td>
       </td>
       <td>
       <td>
      <p>[[COMP 3000 2011 Week 6 Notes|Notes]]
      </p>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Oct. 24-28
      </td>
      <td>Lab 3 Due (Oct. 24)<br>[[COMP 3000 Lab 4 2011|Lab 4]]
      </td>
      <td>Concurrency
       </td>
       </td>
      <td>[https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Mutual_exclusion Mutual Exclusion], [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Semaphore_(programming) Semaphores], [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Producer-consumer_problem Producer Consumer Problem], [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Dining_philosophers_problem Dining Philosopher's Problem], [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Deadlock Deadlock]</td>
       <td>
       <td>
      <p>[[COMP 3000 2011 Week 7 Notes|Notes]]
      </p>
       </td>
       </td>
     </tr>
     </tr>
     <tr>
     <tr>
       <td>TBA
       <td>Oct. 31-Nov. 4
      </td>
      <td>[[COMP 3000 Lab 5 2011|Lab 5]]
       </td>
       </td>
       <td>Final Exam
       <td>File Systems
       </td>
       </td>
      <td>[https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-linux-filesystem/ Anatomy of the Linux file system], [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Sparse_file Sparse file], [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Inode inode], [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Inode_pointer_structure Inode pointer], [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Ext2 ext2], [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Ext3 ext3], [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Ext4 ext4]</td>
       <td>
       <td>
      <p>[[COMP 3000 2011 Week 8 Notes|Notes]]
      </p>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Nov. 7-11
      </td>
      <td>Test 2 (Nov. 9)<br>No tutorial
      </td>
      <td>Review and Test
      </td>
      <td>[[COMP 3000 Test 2 Study Guide 2011|Test 2 Study Guide]], [http://homeostasis.scs.carleton.ca/~soma/os-2011f/comp3000-test2-2011F-sol.pdf Test 2 Solutions]
       </td>
       </td>
       <td>
       <td>
      <p>[[COMP 3000 2011 Week 9 Notes|Notes]]
      </p>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Nov. 14-18
      </td>
      <td>[[COMP 3000 Distribution Report Specifications 2011#Part_II|Report II]] (Nov. 16)<br>[[COMP 3000 Lab 6 2011|Lab 6]]
      </td>
      <td>Virtual Memory
      </td>
      <td>
      </td>
      <td>
      <p>[[COMP 3000 2011 Week 10 Notes|Notes]]
      </p>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Nov. 21-25
      </td>
      <td>[[COMP 3000 Lab 7 2011|Lab 7]]
      </td>
      <td>Networking
      </td>
      <td>
      </td>
      <td>
      <p>[[COMP 3000 2011 Week 11 Notes|Notes]]
      </p>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Nov. 28-Dec 2
      </td>
      <td>No tutorial
      </td>
      <td>Security
      </td>
      <td>
      </td>
      <td>
      <p>[[COMP 3000 2011 Week 12 Notes|Notes]]
      </p>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Dec. 5
      </td>
      <td>[[COMP 3000 Distribution Report Specifications 2011#Part_III|Report III]]<br>No tutorial
      </td>
      <td>Test 3 Review
      </td>
      <td>[[COMP 3000 Test 3 Study Guide 2011|Test 3 Study Guide]]
      </td>
      <td>
      <p>[[COMP 3000 2011 Week 13 Notes|Notes]]
      </p>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Dec. 18, 1:30-2:30 PM
      </td>
      <td>Test 3 last minute review, 5345 HP
      </td>
      <td>
      </td>
      <td>
      </td>
      <td>
      <p>
      </p>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Dec. 19, 2 PM
      </td>
      <td>Test 3 - AT 301
      </td>
      <td>
      </td>
      <td>
      </td>
      <td>
      <p>
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Latest revision as of 13:33, 18 December 2011

This is the main page for the Fall 2011 run of Carleton University's COMP 3000, Operating Systems. The instructor for this course is Anil Somayaji

Course Outline

The course outline for this course can be found here

Readings

Readings for individual weeks are listed in the weekly table below. A backup copy of the readings can also be accessed here.

Distribution Reports

You will be submitting a operating system distribution report in three parts. In Part I, you'll be reporting on the user experience. Part II will have you examine in detail at the software installed on the system; Part III will have you evaluate configurations and performance.

Class Help

To get help, please talk to us in the labs, during office hours, or please email us. Our office hours and email addresses are on the course outline. Note that we may not respond instantly to email.

Lectures, Labs, and Deadlines

Week

Due

Topics

Readings

Notes

Sept. 12-14

Introduction, OS Overview

Notes

Sept. 19-23 Lab 1
(Sept. 23, 8 PM) 		UNIX Basics Ritchie & Thompson, The UNIX Time-Sharing System.

Notes

Sept. 26-30 Lab 2
(Sept. 30, 8 PM) 		Virtualization basics Barham et al., Xen and the Art of Virtualization.

Notes

Oct. 3-7 Test 1 (Oct. 5)
No tutorial 		Review and Test Test 1 Study Guide

Notes

Oct. 10-14 No tutorial or class on Mon
(Thanksgiving) 		Test Debrief, Report Test 1 Solutions

Notes

Oct. 17-21 Report I (Oct. 19)
Lab 3 		Scheduling, Signals Scheduling on Wikipedia, LUPG's Signal Programming, CFS Overview @ IBM

Notes

Oct. 24-28 Lab 3 Due (Oct. 24)
Lab 4 		Concurrency Mutual Exclusion, Semaphores, Producer Consumer Problem, Dining Philosopher's Problem, Deadlock

Notes

Oct. 31-Nov. 4 Lab 5 File Systems Anatomy of the Linux file system, Sparse file, inode, Inode pointer, ext2, ext3, ext4

Notes

Nov. 7-11 Test 2 (Nov. 9)
No tutorial 		Review and Test Test 2 Study Guide, Test 2 Solutions

Notes

Nov. 14-18 Report II (Nov. 16)
Lab 6 		Virtual Memory

Notes

Nov. 21-25 Lab 7 Networking

Notes

Nov. 28-Dec 2 No tutorial Security

Notes

Dec. 5 Report III
No tutorial 		Test 3 Review Test 3 Study Guide

Notes

Dec. 18, 1:30-2:30 PM Test 3 last minute review, 5345 HP

Dec. 19, 2 PM Test 3 - AT 301

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