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15-410, Operating System Design and ImplementationWelcome to the Fall 2017 edition of 15-410/605. ExamThe mid-semester exam will be Thursday, October 12 at 18:00 (aka "6:00 p.m.") in Doherty Hall A302. The exam session will be three hours long, though we expect some students will need noticeably less time to complete it. FAQ
TextbookThe traditional textbook is Operating System Concepts, by Silberschatz, Galvin, and Gagne. We provide a table mapping reading assignments to the 6th through 9th editions of the book. The newer editions are more up-to-date on some topics, but they are also more expensive. What you get out of the textbook depends more on how much time you spend with it than on which edition you have, though you probably want to avoid some of the stranger sub-editions, e.g., "Essentials" or "with Java". We will not cover all of the text, and some topics (such as synchronization) will be taught using additional material. Rumor has it that the OSC text is available (purchase or rental) as an e-book from at least one major e-book vendor. As we have no experience with this format, if you try it, please let us know whether you like it. The experimental textbook is Operating Systems: Principles and Practice, Second Edition, 2014, by Anderson and Dahlin: You may also find useful the 15-213 textbook, Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective, Third Edition; the K&R C book; and perhaps C Traps and Pitfalls. An excellent source of suggestions for programming style and structure is Brian Kernigan and Rob Pike's The Practice of Programming, especially the first few chapters. Warm-upUntil the semester actually begins, here is a self-assessment/warm-up exercise. This exercise is mandatory for incoming 410 students who have not passed 15-213 and is not a bad way for all incoming students to get back up to speed. Please take this opportunity to read the syllabus. It really does answer questions you will have later in the course. You are responsible for checking the official CMU final exam schedule and immediately notifying instructors of all affected courses about any conflicts. Wind River graciously supports our educational mission by providing us with a free Simics license (more info). Some of the library software used in this class is used under license (more info). | ||||||||||
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