CSci402: Operating Systems - Fall 1999

Notes on Nachos and other Operating Systems
Info for ITV students on using their USC accounts
USC's CSci402x web page

This has many useful links on class administration and assignments, including a FAQ for the class.
DEN webpage for this class (includes lecture webcasts)
The Mars Rover priority inversion problem:
- A short description
- A detailed followup
- These mail messages initially appeared on the RISKS digest (also known as the newsgroup comp.risks), a long-running mailing list devoted to the dangers of relying unwisely on computers and how one can reduce that risk. The initiators of each message are included in the message.

Administration

Office Hours:
- Instructor: Tuesday & Thursday, 10:50 AM -11:50 AM, in SAL 342
- TA hours are on the USC cs402 page
Email:
- Instructor: faber@isi.edu, TA: TBA
- Other instructor information
- TA contact information is on the main cs402 page
- Newsgroup: usc.class.csci402

Project overview
Overview Paper (ps, pdf)
Internals Guide (ps, pdf)
Nachos Networking
Guide to C++ as used in Nachos
Nachos was written by Tom Anderson and his group at Berkeley. Many of the instructional materials related to nachos have been taken from his pages (as is his intent). If any attributions have gotten lost as these materials made their way to me, you should assume that those materials are from Tom and his group.