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| - | ===== September | + | ===== September |
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| The list of suggested topics will be posted in the course directory on Red in the file: / | The list of suggested topics will be posted in the course directory on Red in the file: / | ||
| - | COSC4221/ | + | COSC4221/ |
| - | COSC4221/ | + | COSC4221/ |
| It is possible that Test 1 and Test 2 may include true/false questions, questions that require short answers, questions that may require the drawing of diagrams, questions that require slightly longer answers, and other possible question formats. | It is possible that Test 1 and Test 2 may include true/false questions, questions that require short answers, questions that may require the drawing of diagrams, questions that require slightly longer answers, and other possible question formats. | ||
| - | ===== October 3, 2012 ===== | + | The CSE4221 Assignment will be due on Wednesday November 6 (that is the Wednesday following the Co-Curricular Days), at 19:00. |
| - | As mentioned during the lecture last week, Assignment | + | (1) For students who have chosen to do a programming assignment, the programming assignment should |
| - | (1) For students who have chosen to do a programming assignment, the programming assignment should be handed in on Wednesday October 24. (Students who have chosen to do a programming assignment, are required to complete | + | (2) Students who have chosen to do a non-programming assignment, are required to complete |
| - | (2) For students who have chosen to do a non-programming assignment, the Topic Study 1 Presentation must be presented to the class on Wednesday October 24. (Students who have chosen to do a non-programming assignment, are required to complete two Topic Studies - the second Topic Study is due on the last day to hand in term work, that is, Monday December 3.) | + | (3) Note that both Topic Study Report 1 (which is separate from the Presentation) and Topic Study Report 2 can be handed in on the last day to hand in term work, that is, Friday |
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| - | (3) Note that both Topic Study Report 1 (which is separate from the Presentation) and Topic Study Report 2 can be handed in on the last day to hand in term work, that is, Monday | + | |
| (4) Please also note that all Topic Study presentation slides, Topic Study reports, Programming Assignment reports, Project reports, must also be submitted electronically to the appropriate subdirectory a1, topic1, topic2, or project, under the course directory / | (4) Please also note that all Topic Study presentation slides, Topic Study reports, Programming Assignment reports, Project reports, must also be submitted electronically to the appropriate subdirectory a1, topic1, topic2, or project, under the course directory / | ||
| - | ===== October | + | ===== September 12, 2013 ===== |
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| + | Please note that the date for CSE4221/ | ||
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| + | Please do NOT use the Linux Virtual File System as a subject for the CSE4221/ | ||
| - | A student in the class would like to find a partner for the assignment and project - the student can be contacted by sending email to roozbeh0@yorku.ca. | + | ===== October 10, 2013 ===== |
| - | ===== October 17, 2012 ===== | ||
| - | COSC4221 Test 1 will be held on Wednesday, October | + | COSC4221 Test 1 will be held on Wednesday, October |
| Test 1 will include: | Test 1 will include: | ||
| - | a) Material covered in the lectures from the beginning of the term up to and including the lecture on Wednesday October | + | a) Material covered in the lectures from the beginning of the term up to and including the lecture on Wednesday October |
| - | b) Material in the files OSD.1.pdf, OSD.1.1.pdf, | + | b) Material in the files OSD.1.pdf, OSD.1.1.pdf, |
| - | c) Material in Chapter 10, "File-System Interface" | + | c) Material in Chapter 10, “File-System Interface” and Chapter 11, “File-System Implementation” of the book “Operating System Concepts”, |
| - | d) Material in Chapter 12 "The Virtual Filesystem", and Chapter 18 "The Ext2 and Ext3 Filesystems" | + | d) Material in Chapter 12 “The Virtual Filesystem” |
| (Please make sure that you have the most up-to-date version of the slides in the above mentioned files, as some of the slides may have been updated since you last downloaded them.) | (Please make sure that you have the most up-to-date version of the slides in the above mentioned files, as some of the slides may have been updated since you last downloaded them.) | ||
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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”. | 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, | Also please note that, unfortunately, | ||
| The reason is because doing so will be unfair to other students in the class who do not receive the same information. | 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 | + | 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. |
| - | any test. | + | |
| Thank you for your understanding. | Thank you for your understanding. | ||
| - | ===== October 22, 2012 ===== | + | ===== November 6, 2013 ===== |
| - | Please note that, for all course work, including presentation slides and reports related to assignments, | ||
| - | ===== October 31, 2012 ===== | + | Please note that the CSE4221 Test 1 marks can be accessed by logging in to red.cse.yorku.ca, then typing the following command: |
| - | Please note that there is no class on Wednesday Oct. 31, as Oct. 31 is the first | + | courseInfo 4221 2013-14 F |
| - | day of the Co-Curricular Days. | + | |
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| - | ===== November 5, 2012 ===== | ||
| - | Please see the explanation regarding the difference between the alternative (programming) assignment and the alternative (programming) project at: | ||
| - | https:// | + | ===== November 20, 2013 ===== |
| - | 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 | + | COSC4221 Test 2 will be held on Wednesday, November 27, 2013 19:00. |
| - | project should: | + | |
| - | 1. demonstrate a much higher " | + | Test 2 will include: |
| - | experiments in the tutorial/ | + | |
| - | 2. teach to a much more sophisticated degree, "how to exploit the | + | (a) Material covered in the lectures, with emphasis |
| - | capabilities of the QNX Neutrino RTOS (Neutrino RTOS) on the selected host | + | |
| - | and board." | + | |
| - | ===== November 7, 2012 ===== | + | (b) Material in the slides 46-83 of OSD.4; all the slides in OSD.4.1.pdf, OSD.5.pdf, OSD.6.pdf in the course directory; |
| - | Please note that the CSE4221 Test 1 marks are available, and can be accessed through | + | (Although there are no books that cover all the material in the slides in OSD.5, however, reading Chapter 5, “Kernel Synchronization”, |
| - | the following steps: | + | |
| - | 1. Login to red.cse.yorku.ca using your cse account; | + | It is possible that Test 2 may include true/false questions, questions that require short answers, questions that require calculations, |
| - | 2. Type the command: " | + | 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. |
| - | ===== November 7, 2012 ===== | + | PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE USING THE MOST RECENT/ |
| - | The office hours for this course has been changed to Wednesdays 18:00-19:00. | + | ALSO NOTE THAT DRAWING THE SAME KIND OF DIAGRAMS AS ILLUSTRATED IN THE SLIDES, WILL BE AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF TEST 2. |
| - | ===== November 21, 2012 ===== | ||
| + | ===== December 6, 2013 ===== | ||
| - | COSC4221 Test 2 will be held on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 19:00. | + | Please note that, as announced in class, for the assignment, topic studies and the project, both hard copies and electronic copies of the PowerPoint slides and reports must be submitted. |
| - | 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; | + | ===== January 6, 2014 ===== |
| - | (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”, | + | The unofficial final grades |
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| - | It is possible that Test 2 may include true/false questions, questions that require short answers, questions that require calculations, | + | |
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| - | 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. | + | |
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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 2. | + | |
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