COSC4221 Test 2 will be held on Wednesday, December 2, 2009 19:00.

Test 2 will include:

(a) Material covered in the lectures, with emphasis on material covered in the lectures since Test 1 and up to and including the lecture on Wednesday November 25;

(b) Material in the slides 81-end of OSD.4.pdf, OSD.4.1.pdf, OSD.5.pdf in the course directory;

© Material in Chapter 18 of the book “Understanding the Linux Kernel”, 3rd Edition.

(Material in the slides 81-end of OSD.4 is also explained in Chapter 12 of the book, “Understanding the Linux Kernel”, 3rd Edition. Although there is no chapter in any book that covers all the material in the slides in OSD.5. However, reading Chapter 5, “Kernel Synchronization”, of the book, “Understanding the Linux Kernel”, 3rd Edition, may help understand some of the material on synchronization in the slides in OSD.6.)

It is possible that Test 2 may include true/false questions, questions that require short answers, questions that require calculations, questions that may require the drawing of diagrams, questions that require writing short programs using pseudo C code similar to that used in the slides, questions that require slightly longer answers, and other possible question formats.

MAKE SURE YOU READ AND UNDERSTAND ALL THE MATERIAL IN THE SLIDES. PLEASE NOTE THAT ALTHOUGH THE EMPHASIS OF TEST 2 WILL BE ON MATERIAL THAT HAS NOT BEEN TESTED SO FAR, THE MATERIAL IN TEST 2 MAY STILL DEPEND ON KNOWLEDGE OF PREVIOUS MATERIAL.

ALSO NOTE THAT DRAWING THE SAME KIND OF DIAGRAMS AS ILLUSTRATED IN THE SLIDES, WILL BE AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF TEST 2.

The unofficial final grades are available by logging on to the red machine, and typing:

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