Computer Science 432/563
Operating Systems

Spring 2016, The College of Saint Rose

Lecture 0x17: I/O; Memory Hierarchy
Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Agenda

Lecture 0x17 Assignment

Due at the start of class, Monday, April 25.

Please submit answers to these questions either as a hard copy (typeset or handwritten are OK) or by email to terescoj AT strose.edu by the start of class. Please use a clear subject line when submitting by email (e.g., CS 432 Lecture 0x17 Assignment, Mary Smith). We will discuss these questions at the start of class, so no late submissions are accepted.

The readings for next class are SG&G Chapter 13.

  1. SG&G Practice Exercise 12.1, p. 594 (3 points)
  2. SG&G Exercise 12.10, p. 595 (5 points)
  3. Submit a maximum one-page summary of the important ideas behind the Unix Buffer Cache, based on the supplemental readings from the handout from Bach (1986). (10 points)