CSL373 : Operating Systems

Sem II, 2010-11

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Extra credit problem solutions (as submitted by a group of students) posted
Major (with solutions) posted.
Minor 2 Solutions posted.
Minor 2 posted. Due at 11am on April 2 (Saturday).
Extra Credit Problem
Some tips on implementing Pintos VM assignment.
Here is the description of a problem and it's solution in Pintos on some platforms: Pintos Load fails
Minor 1 (with solutions) posted.
Note the updated installation instructions for bochs and pintos on the Tools page. The new instructions are intended to help you use GDB with pintos.
We have made the changes to the installation on the department cluster too.
Also read this page on pintos installation details.
Refer to the TA Assignment and contact your TA to schedule Lab1 demos.
A simple C program that shows how a process can identify the process that signalled it. Instructions on using the program can be found here
Lab1 submission instructions posted
xv6 fails to build on certain platforms (in particular Ubuntu 10.10) due to conflict with stat() function of standard libraries. Replace mkfs.c with an updated version to fix the issue.
Cross-referenced xv6 source code and pintos source code available
Carefully read the Tools page before starting on the programming assignments
Qemu, Bochs, Pintos, xv6 have been installed and tested on the department cluster. Try them for yourself. You will need to set your paths. e.g.,
export PATH=/misc/research/teaching/sbansal/csl373/bin:$PATH
You should put these lines in your .bashrc. See lab setup page and tools page for more details.
Please see the Academic Integrity Code posted on the Administrivia page.
Two CSL373 folders related to xv6 are available at the photocopy shop. The total cost is Rs. 115/-