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
- Announcements
- Term Project, next deadline is
complete paper drafts May 2, so I can get those back to you and
you can finish up final versions after the final exam happens (May
2-4).
- Lab 6: File Systems due tonight
- Lab 7: Security out
- Lecture 0x16 assignment recap
- Quick wrapup of file systems
- I/O: not covered in class, please read notes and chapter
- More on memory hierarchy: topic notes only
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.
- SG&G Practice Exercise 12.1, p. 594 (3 points)
- SG&G Exercise 12.10, p. 595 (5 points)
- 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)