20 Points This paper focuses on operating systems design and implementation. Topics include operating system architecture, process management, inter-process communication, and deadlock memory management devices.
- Students will be able to write complex C code including process creation, data structures using pointers and multi-threaded code.
- Students will demonstrate understanding of the basic components and structure of a typical operating system, including relevant algorithms and design principles
- Students will be capable of understanding and extending an existing operating system
The learning outcomes are supported by assignments and a project.
This paper currently contributes to the Networks, Software Development and Computer Technology streams of the BCMS and BCMS(Hons), and the BE and BE(Hons) in Software Engineering.
COMP200 Computer Systems and one of
COMP203 Programming with Data Structures or
COMP241 Software Engineering Development
B Semester
Co-ordinator(s) Lecturer(s) - Dr. Anthony Blake
Room: G.1.29
Phone: +64 7 838 4466 ext 8342
http://elearn.waikato.ac.nz/
Official Timetable Information
The practical programme must be completed to the satisfaction of the co-ordinator of the paper.
Students should expect to spend about 13 hours per week on this paper, in the following proportions:
| Lectures: | 0 to 3 hours/week (a total of 21 hours over the semester) |
| Labs: | 0 to 2 hours/week (a total of 21 hours over the semester) |
| Private study: | 9 to 13/week hours. Note: there is a substantial reading component to the paper and a large project. |
These times are estimates based on a well prepared, competent, student.
Tanenbaum, A & Woodhull A. (2006) Operating Systems Design and Implementation, 3rd Edition. Pearson Prentice Hall.
Students are also expected to guide their own reading (including from the textbook, books in library, online documents, source code documentation etc) appropriately for details beyond those covered in the lectures.
Lecture notes will be supplied.
Students are expected to access course material and notices via Moodle. There will also be a discussion forum hosted online.
The Linux machines in computing laboratory R.G.06 are available for students to use in this course. After hours access to R Block requires CARDAX, which can be obtained through the Department of Computer Science main office in G.1.21.
The assignments involve computer programming and are of the length and style expected for 300 level computer science. The programs will be standalone programs. Code is expected to presented tidily and documented according to standard conventions. Some programs may need to be accompanied by a report detailing the experimental investigations that the students performed using their programs.
The Minix project will be assessed via submission of your code and an interview in which you will explain what was achieved, your approach and some examples of your code.
Internal assessment/final examination ratio 1:0
The project and any two out of the three C programming assessments items are compulsory for this paper.
Grading Schedule
Assignments and tests will be given a numeric grade. The final overall course grade will be according to the standard University of Waikato grading schedule. Occasionally, discretion may be applied by the lecturers or department examiners' committee in allocation of final grades to compensate (positively or negatively) for unforeseen situations. As a consequence, your grade may not be precisely the same as that derived from a raw translation for the sum of your assessment marks.
Assignments will be submitted electronically via Moodle, which automatically manages the deadlines. The C programming assignment deadlines are hard deadlines. Late assignments will not be marked (although they will count as fulfillment of the compulsory components of the paper). Late submission of the the final Minix project will be accepted up to two weeks after the end of the semester. The the raw mark for a late project will be multiplied by 0.95number of weekdays late. An assignment may be extended at the discretion of the lecturers, in which case the entire class will be notified of the new due date via Moodle.
Assignments are to be submitted electronically via Moodle. A turn-around time of about two weeks is expected for marking and feedback to be given. The project will have a different submission process to allow a full disk image to be submitted.
Class attendance is expected. All material covered in class is assessable, as well as prescribed chapters of the textbook and practical exercises.
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