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| 01 || || || C (basics) and OS Structures, Processes || || || || [[Assignment: C Basics|C Basics]]
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| 01 || || || C (basics) and OS Structures, Processes || || || || [[Assignment: Extending Xinu #1|Extending Xinu #1]]
 
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| 02 || || || C (functions, control flow) and Processes ||  
 
| 02 || || || C (functions, control flow) and Processes ||  
 
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| 03 || || || C (pointers, arrays, structs) and Threads || || || || [[Assignment: C Structs and Pointers|C Structs and Pointers]]
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| 03 || || || C (pointers, arrays, structs) and Threads || || || || [[Assignment: Extending Xinu #2|Extending Xinu #2]]
 
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| 04 || || || CPU Scheduling || || || || [[Assignment: Synchronous Serial Driver|Synchronous Serial Driver]]
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| 04 || || || CPU Scheduling || || || || [[Assignment: Extending Xinu #3|Extending Xinu #3]]
 
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| 05 || || || CPU Scheduling ||
 
| 05 || || || CPU Scheduling ||
 
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| 06 || || || Process Synchronization || || || || [[Assignment: Context Switch and Non-Preemptive Scheduling|Context Switch and Non-Preemptive Scheduling]]
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| 06 || || || Process Synchronization || || || || [[Assignment: Extending Xinu #4|Extending Xinu #4]]
 
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| 07 || || || Deadlocks || || || || [[Assignment: Priority Scheduling and Process Termination|Priority Scheduling and Process Termination]]
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| 07 || || || Deadlocks || || || || [[Assignment: Extending Xinu #5|Extending Xinu #5]]
 
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| 08 || || || Main Memory and Virtual Memory ||   
 
| 08 || || || Main Memory and Virtual Memory ||   
 
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| 09 || || || File System Interface || || || || [[Assignment: Preemption and Synchronization|Preemption and Synchronization]]
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| 09 || || || File System Interface || || || || [[Assignment: Extending Xinu #6|Extending Xinu #6]]
 
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| 10 || || || File System Implementation ||  
 
| 10 || || || File System Implementation ||  
 
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| 11 || || || Mass-Storage Structure || || || || [[Assignment: Delta Queues|Delta Queues]]
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| 11 || || || Mass-Storage Structure || || || || [[Assignment: Extending Xinu #7|Extending Xinu #7]]
 
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| 12 || || || I/O Systems || || || || [[Assignment: Heap Memory|Heap Memory]]
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| 12 || || || I/O Systems || || || || [[Assignment: Extending Xinu #8|Extending Xinu #8]]
 
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| 13 || || || Protection, Security and Distributed System Structures || || || || [[Assignment: Asynchronous Device Driver|Asynchronous Device Driver]]
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| 13 || || || Protection, Security and Distributed System Structures || || || || [[Assignment: Extending Xinu #9|Extending Xinu #9]]
 
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| 14 || || || Distributed System Structures ||  
 
| 14 || || || Distributed System Structures ||  
 
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| 15 || || || Distributed File Systems || || || || [[Assignment: Ultra-Tiny File System|Ultra-Tiny File System]]
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| 15 || || || Distributed File Systems || || || || [[Assignment: Extending Xinu #10|Extending Xinu #10]]
 
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===== Books =====
 
===== Books =====

Revision as of 09:47, 12 December 2008

Overview

Having students integrate advanced operating systems features and develop applications for a their own or a provided Xinu operating system is one of the potential tracks presented for a professor that is Teaching With Xinu.

Students will learn to extend an operating system by adding kernel level and user level applications. Given a functional Embedded Xinu operating system the students will have to understand and manipulate existing operating system code to create additional operating system features. To add more applications to the operating system students will have to understand the interactions between the program in design and the operating system's device and kernel interaction calls. Programming for embedded devices allows students to engage in development on small resource constrained environments. Through extending the existing Embedded Xinu operating system a student learns to use and understand code not written by the student and develops advanced operating system concepts.

Course Outcomes

Potential Course Structure

A course where having students integrate advanced operating systems features and develop applications for a their own or a provided Xinu operating system can be outlined to one similar to the one below:

Course Outline
Week Topics Assignments
01 C (basics) and OS Structures, Processes Extending Xinu #1
02 C (functions, control flow) and Processes
03 C (pointers, arrays, structs) and Threads Extending Xinu #2
04 CPU Scheduling Extending Xinu #3
05 CPU Scheduling
06 Process Synchronization Extending Xinu #4
07 Deadlocks Extending Xinu #5
08 Main Memory and Virtual Memory
09 File System Interface Extending Xinu #6
10 File System Implementation
11 Mass-Storage Structure Extending Xinu #7
12 I/O Systems Extending Xinu #8
13 Protection, Security and Distributed System Structures Extending Xinu #9
14 Distributed System Structures
15 Distributed File Systems Extending Xinu #10
Books