CSE 432/598    Fall 2008
Operating System Internals - Linux

Revision 2    September 6, 2008

Instructor:    Donald S. Miller

    

Office:    BY 436

Phone:    (480) 965-5935

E-Mail:    donald.miller@asu.edu

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

Class Website:    www.eas.asu.edu/~cse432

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            A+
92-95.99    A
90-91.99    A-
86-89.99    B+
82-85.99    B
80-81.99    B-
76-79.99    C+
70-75.99    C
60-69.99    D
<60            E

Class Lecture Numbers:   cse432 73031/cse598 88145

Course Withdrawal Deadline:              Sunday November 2, 2008
Complete Withdrawal Deadline:         Tuesday December 9, 2008