Revision 2 September 6, 2008
Office: BY 436
Phone: (480) 965-5935
Office Hours:
Th
11:30am-1:00pm @
BY 436
T, Th 7:15-7:45pm @ BYAC 270
W for a 1/2
hour after class @ BYAC 150
Grader: Pritam Gundecha
Office:
BY435AB
Email:
pgundech@asu.edu
Office Hours: MW
11:00-12:00
Grader: Jun Shen
Office:
BY 435AB
Email:
Jun.Shen.1@asu.edu
Office
Hours: W 5:00-6:00pm, F
9:00-10:00am
Lecture: Wednesday 6:40 - 9:30 PM BYAC 150
Catalog Description:
Implementation of process and thread management and scheduling, system call, interrupt and
exception handling, signals, memory management, and
initialization in Linux.
Prerequisite: CSE 430
Required Texts:
Linux Core Kernel Commentary, 2nd edition, Scott
Maxwell, CoriolisOpen™ Press, 2001, ISBN 1588801497.
(Copies of this text are available in two parts at the ASU Bookstore)
Understanding the Linux Kernel, Second Edition, Daniel P. Bovet and Marco Cesati,
O'Reilly®, 2002, ISBN 0-596-00213-0.
Lecture Voice Recordings
All class lectures will be recorded. These recordings will be posted on the
class server. There may be a week or two delay between the lecture and its
posting. They will be available on the same server that hosts the cse432 phpBB
interactive forum. All lectures that cover material on an exam will be posted
before the exam.
Grading
| cse432 | cse598 | ||
| Program 1 | Wednesday October 8, 2008 | 5 | 4.5 |
| Midterm | Wednesday October 15, 2008 | 30 | 27 |
| Program 2 | Wednesday October 22, 2008 | 5 | 4.5 |
| Program 3 | Wednesday November 12, 2008 | 10 | 9 |
| Program 4 | Wednesday November 26, 2008 | 10 | 9 |
| Program 5 | Wednesday December 10, 2008 | 10 | |
| Final Exam | Wednesday December 17, 2008, 6:40-8:20pm (Comprehensive) | 40 | 36 |
| 100 | 100 |
Course
Grade:
≥96
Class Lecture Numbers: cse432 73031/cse598 88145
Course
Withdrawal Deadline:
Sunday November 2, 2008
Complete Withdrawal Deadline: Tuesday December
9, 2008