Homework

Homework for Tuesday November 25:

• [Mandatory:] Read OSTEP chapter 21 (“Swapping / Beyond physical memory: Mechanisms”)
• [Optional:] Read OSTEP chapter 22 (“Swapping / Beyond physical memory: Policies”)
• [Optional:] Read OSTEP chapter 23 (“Complete VM systems”)

Homework for Tuesday October 14:

• Prepare for the 1st OS midterm exam

Homework for Tuesday September 30:

• [Mandatory:] Read OSTEP chapter 18 (“Introduction to paging”)
• [Optional:] Read OSTEP chapter 19 (“TLBs”)
• [Mandatory:] Read OSTEP chapter 20 (“Paging: smaller tables”)

Homework for Tuesday September 23:

• [Mandatory:] Read OSTEP chapter 15: address translation
• [Mandatory:] Read OSTEP chapter 16: segmentation

And in anticipation of the following week:

• [Optional] Read OSTEP chapter 18 (“Introduction to paging”)

Homework for Tuesday September 16:

• [Optional] Read OSTEP chapter 14 (“Memory API”)
• [Mandatory:] Read OSTEP chapter 17 (“Free space management”)
• [Mandatory:] Read exercise on system call design [pdf]. We will discuss it in class.
• [Optional:] Read OSTEP chapter 13: address spaces

And in anticipation of the following week:

• [Optional] Read OSTEP chapter 15: address translation

Homework for Tuesday September 9:

• [Mandatory:] Carefully read the rules/guidelines of the course (described in the “Administrivia” slides).
• [Optional:] Read OSTEP chapter 2 (“Introduction”)
• [Mandatory:] Read OSTEP chapter 4 (“Processes”)
• [Mandatory:] Read OSTEP chapter 6 (“Limited direct execution”)

And in anticipation of the following week:

• [Optional] Read OSTEP chapter 14 (“Memory API”)
• [Optional] Read OSTEP chapter 17 (“Free space management”)