CET 566 Spring 2005
Principles & Practices of Operating Systems
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SYLLABUS
Instructor: Bruce R. Millard
Office: Sutton 140P
Phone: 727-1734
Lecture: Tuesday & Thursday 10:30 – 11:45 AM in TECH2 109
Schedule Line Number: 58603
Description:
Principles and practices of operating systems: virtual memory systems, I/O devices & systems,
file systems & organization & other topics.
Prerequisite: CST 386. Knowledge of Linux and Computer Networking a plus
Overrides: No capacity overrides will be given. The instructor may give prerequisite overrides to
qualified students.
Required Texts:
K. Wehrle, et al, The Linux Networking Architecture, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005
Potentially useful texts (if you can find them)
J. Crowcroft and I. Phillips, TCP/IP and Linux Protocol Implementation, Wiley & Sons, 2002
A. Rubini and J. Corbet, Linux Device Drivers, 2nd edition, O'Reilly & Associates, 2001
S. A. Maxwell, Linux Core Kernel Commentary, 2nd edition, Coriolis Technology Press, 2001.
D. P. Bovet, Understanding the Linux Kernel, O’Reilly, 2001.
Grading: Projects 40
Midterm Exam 25
Class participation 5
Final Exam 30 Comprehensive
100
See the class web page or page 3 of the syllabus on grading appeals and cheating for information on those topics.
Course Grade: based on points (absolute, fixed, no curve)
>= 98.0 A+
>= 92.0, < 98.0 A
>= 90.0, < 92.0 A-
>= 87.5, < 90.0 B+
>= 82.5, < 87.0 B
>= 80.0, < 82.5 B-
>= 77.5, < 80.0 C+
>= 70.0, < 77.5 C
>= 60.0, < 70.0 D
< 60.0 E
