Projects

• Project 1: The shell and system calls
  • Assigned: Wednesday, October 4th
  • Due: Friday, October 13th
• Project 2: Java Threads
  • Assigned: Monday, October 16th
  • Due: Wednesday, November 1st at noon.
• Project 3: Virtual memory trace analysis
  • Assigned: Wednesday, November 8th.
  • Due: Wednesday, November 22 at noon.
• Project 4: The Linux file system
  • Assigned: Wednesday, November 22th.
  • Due: Wednesday, December 6th at noon.

Project Resources

• Some Linux resources
• UW ACM tutorials for UNIX, C, Emacs, etc.
• Very basic tutorial on gcc and gdb
• C tutorial (pdf) plus some advanced C features
• A bigger GDB tutorial
• How to debug kernel code (from Linux Device Drivers book)
• Emacs reference
• Refreshing your C skills:
  • http://www.strath.ac.uk/IT/Docs/Ccourse/
  • http://www.howstuffworks.com/c.htm
  • http://www.le.ac.uk/cc/tutorials/c/