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 ALSO NOTE THAT DRAWING THE SAME KIND OF DIAGRAMS AS ILLUSTRATED IN THE SLIDES, WILL BE AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF TEST 1. For example, if you are given a diagram similar to that on slide 9 of OSD4.pdf, “Example of a Small File System Tree in Unix”, then you should be able to draw the corresponding diagram on slide 10, “Internal Structure of Small File system Tree in Unix”, as well as the corresponding diagram on slide 24, “In Memory VFS Objects and On Disk Objects”.
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+Also please note that, unfortunately, I am unable to provide individual answers to individual student questions regarding what kind of questions may be included, or not included, in the tests, beyond what I had said during the lectures and what has been posted on the course website above.
+The reason is because doing so will be unfair to other students in the class who do not receive the same information.
+For all questions regarding tests, please ask me during the lectures so that everyone in the class would have equal opportunity to know my answers to any questions regarding
+any test.
+Thank you for your understanding.
+===== October 22, 2012 =====
+Please note that, for all course work, including presentation slides and reports related to assignments, topic studies, and projects, you not only need to hand in a hard copy to the instructor, but also need to submit an electronic copy to the course directory.
+===== October 31, 2012 =====
+Please note that there is no class on Wednesday Oct. 31, as Oct. 31 is the first
+day of the Co-Curricular Days.
+http://www.registrar.yorku.ca/enrol/dates/fw12.htm
+===== November 5, 2012 =====
+Please see the explanation regarding the difference between the alternative (programming) assignment and the alternative (programming) project at:
+https://wiki.cse.yorku.ca/course_archive/2012-13/F/4221/faq#general
+In short, there is a significant difference in how the project will be evaluated compared with the assignment.
+In general, one would expect that, compared with the assignment, the
+project should:
+. demonstrate a much higher "degree of sophistication of the laboratory
+experiments in the tutorial/manual;"
+. teach to a much more sophisticated degree, "how to exploit the
+capabilities of the QNX Neutrino RTOS (Neutrino RTOS) on the selected host
+and board."
+===== November 7, 2012 =====
+Please note that the CSE4221 Test 1 marks are available, and can be accessed through
+the following steps:
+. Login to red.cse.yorku.ca using your cse account;
+. Type the command: "courseInfo 4221 2012-13 F"
+===== November 7, 2012 =====
+The office hours for this course has been changed to Wednesdays 18:00-19:00.
+===== November 21, 2012 =====
+COSC4221 Test 2 will be held on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 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 21;
+(b) Material in the slides OSD.5.pdf, OSD.6.pdf in the course directory;
+(Although there are no books that cover 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.5.pdf. Reading Chapter 1 to Chapter 3 of the book "MicroC/OS-II The Real-Time Kernel", 2nd Edition, may help understand some of the material on μC/OS-II in the slides in OSD.6.pdf. Both books have been put on reserve for 2-hour loans at Steacie Library)
+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.
+PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE USING THE MOST RECENT/UP-TO-DATE VERSION OF THE SLIDES/LECTURE-NOTES TO PREPARE FOR TEST 2, AS THE SLIDES/LECTURE-NOTES MAY HAVE BEEN MODIFIED TO IMPROVE CLARITY OR TO REMOVE ERRORS.
+ALSO NOTE THAT DRAWING THE SAME KIND OF DIAGRAMS AS ILLUSTRATED IN THE SLIDES, WILL BE AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF TEST 2.
+===== December 3, 2012 =====
+For students who are doing a programming project only:
+If you would like to present a demo of your project, you may email the instructor
+to book a 20 minute time slot on Tuesday, December 4, between 11:00 a.m
+and 1:00 p.m. to present a demo of your project.
+If you are not available on Tuesday, December 4, between 11:00 a.m
+and 1:00 p.m., then you will not be required to present a demo of your project.
+===== January 2, 2013 =====
+Please note that the CSE4221 unofficial final marks are available, and can be accessed through the following steps:
+. Login to red.cse.yorku.ca using your cse account;
+. Type the command: “courseInfo 4221 2012-13 F”