In-class notes for 10/21/2020
CS 273 (OS), Fall 2020
HW9, due today
Turn in at least some of it by "midnight", e.g., a partial version of by-hand work related to
pthreads.cusing by-hand submission google doc(you can update an image later within that google doc)
Recompiling the kernel - submit using this form
Correction to new system-call handler name in Lab Adding a system call to the kernel
Also, links to
source codenow work in the latest lab.
Mouse pointer integration?
File system implementation
Disk blocks
Linux inodes, FAT, NTFS Master File Table
Managing file systems, e.g., superblock
Reliability, including
fsckBlock cache (cf/contrast paging)
Disk block proximity
Linux source code
Input/Output
Exercise: What OS features do we want for supporting I/O devices?
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