PGT200 - Operating Systems

This course is Operating Systems, offered by the Department of Electronics Engineering Technology.

[20161007] Just updated Some info are still from the previous offering…

• Lecture 0 - Course Introduction

These are from Tanenbaum's Book:

• Chapter 1 - Introduction
• Chapter 2 - Processes and Threads
• Chapter 3 - Memory management
• Chapter 4 - File systems
• Chapter 5 - Input/Output

• Lab Work 1 - Tools and Platform
• Lab Work 2 - Processes and Threads (Part 1,Part 2)
• Lab Work 3 - Bootstrap Loader
• Lab Work 4 - Simple Kernel

• OSDev Wiki
• OSDever Tutorials
• Custom Bootloader - OSDev Wiki
• Higher Half Kernel - OSDev Wiki

• Assignment 1:

  pgt200_201617s1_assign1.txt

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  ASSIGNMENT 1
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  The Dining Philosopher's Problem
   
  You are to implement a solution for the dining philosophers problem using any
  method you see fit. The number of philosophers is fixed at 5 and each must run
  on its own separate process. Based on your proposed solution,
   
  a) explain your implementation of the chosen algorithm. [10 marks]
   
  b) argue which algorithm would be the best fit for this problem. [10 marks]
   
  c) answer general questions [5 marks]
   
  This is an individual assignment. An example framework has been prepared for
  you to refer to.
   
  ASSIGNMENT DUE: W07/14 17-21/10/2016 (Anytime during the week)

  You can use this as a reference.

• Assignment 2:

  pgt200_201617s1_assign2.txt

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  ASSIGNMENT 2
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  Evaluate any two existing filesystems in desktop OS (e.g. Linux, BSD, Unix,
  Windows, MacOS). Based on the given sub-topics, identify and evaluate their
  respective implementations.
   
  a) General filesystem layout
  b) File creation/deletion
  c) Other features
   
  This is an individual assignment.
   
  ASSIGNMENT DUE: W12/14 {28/11-2/12}/2016 (Anytime during the week)

• The following project titles uses my1load86 and my1playos projects as a reference.

  pgt200_201617s1_projects.txt

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  LAB PROJECT TITLE 1
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  Based on my1load86 project, write an x86 boot code (to replace loader.asm)
  that is capable of loading a second stage boot code LDPLAYOS.SYS from a file
  system other than FAT. Linux EXT file system is recommended but others can be
  proposed as well.
   
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  LAB PROJECT TITLE 2
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  Based on my1playos project, implement any OS tasks (e.g. process management,
  memory management,filesystem) that have been covered in this course.
   
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  ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS
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  This is a group assignment - but, marks will be evaluated individually.
  Evaluation will be based on a demonstration and a simple report (not MORE
  than 10 pages) explaining your work.
   
  PROJECT DUE: W14/14 12-16/12/2016 (Anytime of the week)

This course presents the fundamental concepts and design of operating systems. Students will be guided to explore basic operating system concepts like processes, memory management, scheduling, file systems and IO management. Basic design and implementation of some of these concepts will be covered during laboratory sessions.

1. Able to discuss basic operating systems concepts
2. Able to implement basic operating systems concepts
3. Able to evaluate implementations of basic operating systems concepts