This schedule is tentative more than two weeks in advance.
Textbook chapters that should cover similar material are given from Anderson and Dahlin, Operating Systems: Principles and Practice, Second Edition, our recommended textbook; from Arpaci-Dusseau, Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces, which is freely and legally available online; and from Silberchartz, Galvin, and Gagne, Operating Systems Concepts, Ninth Edition. (I've tried to keep the readings up-to-date as I move topics around in the schedule, but I may not always have succeeded.)
Date | Topic | Assignment |
Week 1 | ||
Tue 14 Jan |
What are OSes? / Logistics[ | ]Arpaci-Dusseau: 2, 3 Silberchartz: 1, 2.1-5, 3.1
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Thu 16 Jan |
Exceptions / Context Switching[ | ]Arpaci-Dusseau: 3.2, 4.1, 4.3-5, 6.2-3 Silberchartz: ???
| Quiz 01 (post-quiz for week 1) released, due 2020-01-21 12:15 |
Fri 17 Jan | — | xv6 introduction released |
Week 2 | ||
Tue 21 Jan |
The Unix API 1[ | ]Arpaci-Dusseau: 4.2, 4.5, 5, 6.2-4 Silberchartz: 3.3-4?, 11.1
| Quiz 01 (post-quiz for week 1) due 12:15 (released 2020-01-16) |
Thu 23 Jan |
The Unix API 2[ | ]Arpaci-Dusseau: [missing POSIX API], 7.1 Silberchartz: 11.2, 6.1
| Quiz 02 (post-quiz for week 2) released, due 2020-01-28 12:15 |
Fri 24 Jan | — | xv6 introduction due at 11:59pm shell released |
Week 3 | ||
Tue 28 Jan |
The Unix API 3 / Scheduling 1[ | ]Arpaci-Dusseau: 7.2-9 Silberchartz: 3.2, 6.2-3 (add deadline)
| Quiz 02 (post-quiz for week 2) due 12:15 (released 2020-01-23) |
Thu 30 Jan |
Scheduling 2[ | ]Arpaci-Dusseau: 8, 9, 25, Silberchartz: 6.7
| Quiz 03 (post-quiz for week 3) released, due 2020-02-04 12:15 |
Fri 31 Jan | — | shell checkpoint due at 11:59pm |
Week 4 | ||
Tue 04 Feb |
Scheduling 3[ | ]Arpaci-Dusseau: 26.-26.5, 27.1-2 Silberchartz: 5.1-4
| Quiz 03 (post-quiz for week 3) due 12:15 (released 2020-01-30) |
Thu 06 Feb |
Threads / Synchronization 1: Locks 1[ | ]Arpaci-Dusseau: 28.1-14 Silberchartz: 5.4
| Quiz 04 (post-quiz for week 4) released, due 2020-02-11 12:15 |
Fri 07 Feb | — | shell due at 11:59pm lottery scheduler released |
Week 5 | ||
Tue 11 Feb |
Synchronization 2: Locks 2, Mutexes[ | ]Arpaci-Dusseau: 30, 31 Silberchartz: 5.5-8
| Quiz 04 (post-quiz for week 4) due 12:15 (released 2020-02-06) |
Thu 13 Feb |
Synchronization 3: Monitors and Semaphores[ | ]Arpaci-Dusseau: 29, 31.5 Silberchartz: 5.7-9
| Quiz 05 (post-quiz for week 5) released, due 2020-02-18 12:15 |
Fri 14 Feb | — | lottery scheduler due at 11:59pm life released |
Week 6 | ||
Tue 18 Feb |
Synchronization 4: Semaphores and Monitors con't / Reader+Writer Locks[ | ]Arpaci-Dusseau: 32 Silberchartz: 7.1-6
| Quiz 05 (post-quiz for week 5) due 12:15 (released 2020-02-13) |
Thu 20 Feb |
Synchronization 5: Reader+Writer con't / Deadlock[ | ]Arpaci-Dusseau: 33 Silberchartz: 4.5
| Quiz 06 (post-quiz for week 6) released, due 2020-02-25 12:15 |
Fri 21 Feb | — | life due at 11:59pm pool released |
Week 7 | ||
Mon 24 Feb |
(drop deadline) | |
Tue 25 Feb |
Virtual Memory 1[ | ]Arpaci-Dusseau: 13, 15, 18-22.4 Silberchartz: 8.1-2, 8.5-7, 9.2-6, 9.7
| Quiz 06 (post-quiz for week 6) due 12:15 (released 2020-02-20) |
Thu 27 Feb |
Virtual Memory 2[ | ]Arpaci-Dusseau: 13, 15, 18-22.4 Silberchartz: 8.1-2, 8.5-7, 9.2-6, 9.7
| Quiz 07 (post-quiz for week 7) released, due 2020-03-04 12:15 |
Fri 28 Feb | — | pool due at 11:59pm |
Week 8 | ||
Tue 03 Mar |
Midterm Review[ ] | |
Thu 05 Mar |
Midterm | |
Fri 06 Mar | — | xv6 paging+protection released |
Week 9 | ||
Tue 10 Mar |
Spring Break | |
Thu 12 Mar |
Spring Break | |
Week 10 | ||
Mon 16 Mar |
(withdraw deadline) | |
Tue 17 Mar |
Extended Spring Break / Online Class Prep | |
Thu 19 Mar |
Virtual Memory 3: mmap, page cache (intro)[ |
screencapture (browser: 12:30pm 3:30pm;download: 12:30pm webm mp4 3:30pm webm mp4)| audio only: 12:30pm 3:30pm
| 12:30pm Zoom recording| 3:30pm Zoom recording ]Arpaci-Dusseau: 22.5-22.12 Silberchartz: 9.6, 9.9-10
| Quiz 08 (post-quiz for week 10) released, due 2020-03-24 12:15 |
Fri 20 Mar | — | |
Week 11 | ||
Mon 23 Mar | — | |
Tue 24 Mar |
Virtual 4[ |
screencapture (browser: 12:30pm 3:30pm;download: 12:30pm webm mp4 3:30pm webm mp4)| audio only: 12:30pm 3:30pm
| 12:30pm Zoom recording| 3:30pm Zoom recording ]Arpaci-Dusseau: 36, 39, 40.1-4 Silberchartz: 13.2-5, 11.1, 12.1-4
| Quiz 08 (post-quiz for week 10) due 12:15 (released 2020-03-19) |
Wed 25 Mar | xv6 paging+protection checkpoint due at 11:59pm | |
Thu 26 Mar |
Virtual 5 / I/O 1[ |
screencapture (browser: 12:30pm 3:30pm;download: 12:30pm webm mp4 3:30pm webm mp4)| audio only: 12:30pm 3:30pm
| 12:30pm Zoom recording| 3:30pm Zoom recording ]Arpaci-Dusseau: 36, [missing FAT], 40 Silberchartz: 12.4-6, 10.2, 10.4
| Quiz 09 (post-quiz for week 11) released, due 2020-03-31 12:15 |
Fri 27 Mar | — | |
Week 12 | ||
Tue 31 Mar |
I/O 2 / Filesystems 1[ |
screencapture (browser: 12:30pm 3:30pm;download: 12:30pm webm mp4 3:30pm webm mp4)| audio only: 12:30pm 3:30pm
| 12:30pm Zoom recording| 3:30pm Zoom recording ]Arpaci-Dusseau: 37, 44, 39-41 Silberchartz: 12.4-6
| Quiz 09 (post-quiz for week 11) due 12:15 (released 2020-03-26) |
Wed 01 Apr | xv6 paging+protection due at 11:59pm FAT reading released | |
Thu 02 Apr |
Filesystems 2[ |
screencapture (browser: 12:30pm 3:30pm;download: 12:30pm webm mp4 3:30pm webm mp4)| audio only: 12:30pm 3:30pm
| 12:30pm Zoom recording| 3:30pm Zoom recording ]Arpaci-Dusseau: 37, 41 Silberchartz: 12.4-12.7, 10.7
| Quiz 10 (post-quiz for week 12) released, due 2020-04-07 12:15 |
Fri 03 Apr | — | |
Week 13 | ||
Tue 07 Apr |
Filesystems 4[ |
screencapture (browser: 12:30pm 3:30pm;download: 12:30pm webm mp4 3:30pm webm mp4)| audio only: 12:30pm 3:30pm
| 12:30pm Zoom recording| 3:30pm Zoom recording ]Arpaci-Dusseau: 42, 47 Silberchartz: 12.7, 17.1, 17.3-5
| Quiz 10 (post-quiz for week 12) due 12:15 (released 2020-04-02) |
Wed 08 Apr | ||
Thu 09 Apr |
Sockets / Distributed Systems 1[ |
screencapture (browser: 12:30pm 3:30pm;download: 12:30pm webm mp4 3:30pm webm mp4)| audio only: 12:30pm 3:30pm
| 12:30pm Zoom recording| 3:30pm Zoom recording ]Arpaci-Dusseau: 48 Silberchartz: 17.6?
| Quiz 11 (post-quiz for week 13) released, due 2020-04-14 12:15 |
Fri 10 Apr | — | FAT reading checkpoint due at 11:59pm |
Week 14 | ||
Tue 14 Apr |
Distributed Systems 2: RPC / Failure[ |
screencapture (browser: 12:30pm 3:30pm;download: 12:30pm webm mp4 3:30pm webm mp4)| audio only: 12:30pm 3:30pm
| 12:30pm Zoom recording| 3:30pm Zoom recording ]
| Quiz 11 (post-quiz for week 13) due 12:15 (released 2020-04-09) |
Wed 15 Apr | ||
Thu 16 Apr |
Distributed Systems 3: Failure[ |
screencapture (browser: 12:30pm 3:30pm;download: 12:30pm webm mp4 3:30pm webm mp4)| audio only: 12:30pm 3:30pm
| 12:30pm Zoom recording| 3:30pm Zoom recording ]Arpaci-Dusseau: 49-50 Silberchartz:
| Quiz 12 (post-quiz for week 14) released, due 2020-04-23 12:15 |
Fri 17 Apr | — | twophase released |
Week 15 | ||
Mon 20 Apr | — | |
Tue 21 Apr |
Distributed Systesm 4: NFS / Access Control 1[ |
screencapture (browser: 12:30pm 3:30pm;download: 12:30pm webm mp4 3:30pm webm mp4)| audio only: 12:30pm 3:30pm
| 12:30pm Zoom recording| 3:30pm Zoom recording ]
| fatread due 21 April 2020; extended due to department machine issues |
Wed 22 Apr | ||
Thu 23 Apr |
Virtual Machines[ |
screencapture (browser: 12:30pm 3:30pm;download: 12:30pm webm mp4 3:30pm webm mp4)| audio only: 12:30pm 3:30pm
| 12:30pm Zoom recording| 3:30pm Zoom recording ]Arpaci-Dusseau: B Silberchartz:
| Quiz 13 (post-quiz for week 15) released, due 2020-04-28 12:15 Quiz 12 (post-quiz for week 14) due 12:15 (released 2020-04-16) |
Fri 24 Apr | — | |
Week 16 | ||
Mon 27 Apr | — | twophase due at 11:59pm |
Tue 28 Apr |
Final Exam Review[
screencapture (browser: 12:30pm 3:30pm;download: 12:30pm webm mp4 3:30pm webm mp4)| audio only: 12:30pm 3:30pm
| 12:30pm Zoom recording| 3:30pm Zoom recording ] | Quiz 13 (post-quiz for week 15) due 12:15 (released 2020-04-23) |
Week 17 | ||
Mon 04 May |
Final ExamTake home exam, tentatively released by 6PM 2020-05-04. Due 6PM 2020-05-05. |