Networking With Xinu - Revision history

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Akoehler: /* Course Outcomes */

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Akoehler: /* Student Outcomes from Completion of Course Assignments */

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Akoehler: /* Student Outcomes from Completion of All Assignments */

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 ===== Books =====
 * Currently this course structure has no suggested books.
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 <small>This work funded in part by NSF grant DUE-CCLI-0737476.</small>

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 == Course Outcomes ==
-Course development can parallel learning objectives and topics associated with many Communication and Networking courses.
+Course development can parallel learning objectives and topics associated with many Communication and Networking courses. [[Networking With Xinu#References|[1]]]
 === Topics ===

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 == Potential Course Structure ==
-A course where students develop the networking aspects within the Xinu operating system.  The students will use a base Xinu kernel with an Ethernet driver; this kernel can be professor provided or student built in previous courses.  All assignments provided below (after the first one) are intended for groups of two or three students.
+The students will use a base Embedded Xinu release with an Ethernet driver; this kernel can be professor provided or student built in previous courses.  All assignments provided below (after the first one) are intended for groups of two or three students.
-With each new assignment students will receive a tar-ball containing the proper implementation of the previous assignment.  This allows students to concentrate on implementing the current homework assignment and not get distracted by implementation blunders of previous assignments.  This is just one way of going through these assignments, the professor may choose to not provide a new tar-ball with each assignment.
+Optionally, with each new assignment professors may provide students with a proper implementation of the previous assignment.  This allows students to concentrate on implementing the current assignment and avoid distractions caused by implementation blunders in previous assignments.  Alternatively, students can utilizing their same code base throughout the semester, learning the importance of correcting prior mistakes.
 ===== Course Outline =====
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 ===== Student Outcomes from Completion of Course Assignments =====
-Upon completion of all assignments the student should have a grasp of the networking architecture that he or she implemented over the whole course.  The student should be able to answer questions about all implemented protocols as well as general questions about other non-implemented protocols.  The student should also be able to understand the complexities of their implementation.  Given the full implementation of the networking architecture the student should be able to pin-point locations in the architecture where optimization is possible and how difficult optimization may be.
+Upon completion of all assignments the student should have a grasp of the networking architecture that he or she implemented over the whole course.  The student should be able to answer questions about all implemented protocols as well as general questions about other non-implemented protocols.  The student should also be able to understand the complexities of their implementation.  Given the full implementation of the networking architecture the student should be able to pin-point locations in the architecture where optimization is possible and the difficulty involved.
-Any student that completed all the assignments should have a grasp on various parts of Embedded Xinu; including devices, user interaction and driver/OS interaction.  As well as more knowledge concerning operating systems concepts such as threads.
+In addition, students that completed all the assignments should have a grasp of  devices, user interaction and driver/OS interaction within Embedded Xinu.  Other operating system concepts, including threads, memory management, interprocess communication and synchronization, are reinforced through the use of Embedded Xinu.
 ===== Books =====
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-<small><small>This work funded in part by NSF grant DUE-CCLI-0737476.</small></small>
+<small>This work funded in part by NSF grant DUE-CCLI-0737476.</small>

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 [[Category:Networking With Xinu]]
 == Overview ==
-Having students develop networking aspects of their own or a provided [[Xinu]] operating system is one of the potential tracks presented for a professor that is [[Teaching With Xinu]].
+Having students develop networking aspects with their own, or a provided, [[Xinu]] operating system is one of the potential tracks for a professor that is [[Teaching With Xinu]].
-A networking course incorporating Embedded Xinu can have students build a networking functionality into Embedded Xinu over the period of the course. Courses may vary in starting point; some choosing to use a core Embedded Xinu release and having students build the entire network stack and ethernet driver. While others may choose an Embedded Xinu release with the ethernet driver available so that the students can concentrate on other parts of the network stack. Network stack implementation assignments for students can parallel various networking lectures that traverse the stack over the course of the semester, terminating in the students implementing an application that uses the developed network stack.
+A networking course incorporating Embedded Xinu allows students to build networking functionality into Embedded Xinu over the period of the course. Courses may vary in starting point.  Some may begin with a core release of Embedded Xinu, having students implement an Ethernet driver and develop the entire network stack; others may chose to utilize an Embedded Xinu release with the Ethernet driver provided, and have students concentrate on implementing specific protocols within the network stack.  Network stack implementation assignments for students can parallel various networking lectures that traverse the stack over the course of the semester, terminating in the students implementing an application that uses the developed network stack.
 == Course Outcomes ==

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 ===== Books =====
-* Currently this course outline has no suggested books.
+* Currently this course structure has no suggested books.
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 <small><small>This work funded in part by NSF grant DUE-CCLI-0737476.</small></small>

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-===== Student Outcomes from Completion of Course & Assignments =====
+===== Student Outcomes from Completion of Course Assignments =====
 Upon completion of all assignments the student should have a grasp of the networking architecture that he or she implemented over the whole course.  The student should be able to answer questions about all implemented protocols as well as general questions about other non-implemented protocols.  The student should also be able to understand the complexities of their implementation.  Given the full implementation of the networking architecture the student should be able to pin-point locations in the architecture where optimization is possible and how difficult optimization may be.