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--- faq [2012/09/27 19:41] – jxu
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 "Memory Management", would be an example of a Linux subsystem that would be of suitable scope for the project. "Process Scheduling" would be another example of a Linux subsystem that would be of suitable scope for the project.
-Question 3: Can you recommend a chapter in a book for helping to understand the material in the slides in OSD.5?
+Question 3: What is the main difference between the alternative (programming) project and the alternative (programming) assignment?
-Answer to Question 3: Unfortunately, there is no chapter in any book that covers all the material in the slides in OSD.5.
+Answer to Question 3: There is a significant difference in how the project will be evaluated
-However, reading Chapter 5, "Kernel Synchronization", of the book,
+compared with the assignment:
-"Understanding the Linux Kernel", 3rd Edition, may help understand some of the material on synchronization in the slides in OSD.5.
+For the assignment, /cs/course/4221/4221a1F14alternative1.doc states that:
+"D. Evaluation of the Assignment
+Your assignment will be evaluated according to:
+(a) The overall quality of the report.
+(b) The clarity, readability and organization of the report.
+In contrast, for the project, /cs/course/4221/4221projectF14alternative1.doc states
+that:
+"D. Evaluation of the Project
+Your project will be evaluated according to:
+(a) The overall quality of the tutorial/manual.
+(b) The relevance to understanding various aspects of the Linux kernel and the degree of sophistication of the laboratory experiments in the tutorial/manual.
+(c) The clarity, readability and organization of the project tutorial/manual.
+"
+So the answer to Question 3 is that, compared with the assignment, the
+project is going to be evaluated according to:
+"The relevance to understanding various aspects of the Linux kernel and the degree of sophistication of the laboratory experiments in the tutorial/manual."
+So 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;"
+. demonstrate "relevance to understanding various aspects of the Linux kernel."
+Question 4: Can you recommend some books for helping to understand the material in the slides in OSD.5 and OSD.6?
+Answer to Question 4: Unfortunately, no books cover all the material in the slides in OSD.5 and OSD.6.
+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.