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Weekly Notes	Topics	Reading	Assignments
Week 1	Syllabus, Introduction to OS Survey Chapter 1 slides from text (pdf)	Chapter 1
Week 2	Chapter 1 slides from text (pdf) Chapter 2 slides from text (pdf)	Chapters 1, 2
Week 3	Chapter 3 slides from text (ppt) Notes on c from 198D	Chapter 3	HW 1 and HW 2 are now posted.
Week 4	Processes: Chapter 3 slides from text (ppt) Threads: Chapter 4 slides from text (ppt) Ada thread example: th.adb and prettified th.adb.html C Language Session: Friday 4:00. Location: DA 216 tryforkbook.c shared.c New homework coming soon Exam coming	Chapters 3 and 4	HW 1 and HW 2 are now posted. HW 1 due this week.
Week 5	Exam 1 and HW 3 coming soon! Ada thread and process examples: Ada threads (ie tasks) are built into the language (no syscall or library calls required); creating new processes requires syscalls to fork. th0.adb and prettified th0.adb.html th.adb and prettified th2.adb and prettified tryfork2.adb and prettified Threads: Chapter 4 slides from text (ppt) Scheduling: Chapter 5 slides from text (ppt)	Chapters 4 and 5	HW 1 and HW 2 are now posted. HW 2 due this week. H3 coming soon
Week 6	More on Scheduling: Chapter 5 slides from text (ppt) Process Synchronization: Chapter 6 slides from text (ppt)	Chapters 5 and 6	HW 3 . Due Monday (2/27/12) of next week. Exam next week: Friday 3/2/12.
Week 7	Process Synchronization: Chapter 6 slides from text (ppt) Exam 1 topics		HW 3 . Due Monday (2/27/12) of this week. Exam this week: Friday 3/2/12.
Week 8	SPRING BREAK!
Week 9	Return exam Process Synchronization: Chapter 6 slides from text (ppt) Main Memory: Chapter 7 slides from text (ppt)
Week 10	Dining Phils: Version 1: phil1.adb and prettified (simple version - no protected type for seat assignments) Version 2: phil2.adb and prettified ( more complex uses protected type for seat assignments) Version 3: uses a self reference for seat assignment: haven't coded it yet. Deadlock: Chapter 6 slides from text (ppt) Main Memory: Chapter 7 slides from text (ppt)		HW 4 is available . Due TBA (3/??/12). Programming Assignment 1 is available . Due TBA (3/??/12).
Week 11	Main Memory: Chapter 7 slides from text (ppt)	Chapters 6 and 7
Week 12	Virtual Memory: Chapter 8 slides from text (ppt)	Chapters 7 and 8	HW 5 is available . Due Monday 4/9/12 4/06/12. Program 1 due Wednesday 4/11/12 Tuesday 4/10/12.
Week 13	Continue with Virtual Memory: Chapter 8 slides from text (ppt) File System Interface: Chapter 9 slides from text (ppt)	Chapter 8	HW 6 (NOT YET available). Due Monday 4/16/12. Program 1 due Wednesday 4/11/12 Tuesday 4/10/12.
Week 14	Exam Friday 4/20/12 Exam 2 topics (Draft for spring 12) File System Interface: Chapter 9 slides from text (ppt)		Exam 2 Friday 4/20/12, THIS week (Spring 2012) Program 2 is NOW AVAILABLE
Week 15	File System Interface: Chapter 9 slides from text (ppt) File System Implementation: Chapter 10 slides from text (ppt) Final Exam topics (from spring 07)		Program 2 is due this week.
Week 16	Final Exam Q/A Session: ??? Comprehensive Final Exam: 10:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Thursday 5/3/2012 Final Exam topics		Comprehensive Final Exam
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