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--- whats_new [2014/11/17 16:01] – jxu
+++ whats_new [2015/01/07 19:44] (current) – jxu
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 COSC4221/5421 Test 1 will be held on Wednesday, October 22, 2014 19:00.
-COSC4221/5421 Test 2 will be held on Wednesday, November 26, 2014 19:00.
+COSC4221/5421 Test 2 will be held on Wednesday, December 3, 2014 19:00.
 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.
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 courseInfo 4221 2014-15 F
-COSC4221 Test 2 will be held on Wednesday, November 26, 2014 19:00.
+COSC4221 Test 2 will be held on Wednesday, December 3, 2014 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 19;
+(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 26;
 (b) Material in the slides OSD.4, OSD.4.1.pdf, OSD.5.pdf, OSD.6.pdf in the course directory;
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 Note that the reservation of topics is first-come-first-served, so it would be prudent to select a first and second choice in case another group had sent an email to reserve a same topic before the topic list could be updated.
-Please also note that for the second topic, you are not required to present the topic study in class. However, you are still required to submit hard copies to me and also electronically submit to the course directory /cs/course/4221/submit/topic copies of both the topic study presentation slides and topic study report. The second topic study and the project are due December 5, 2014, 24:00 midnight. Please note that December 5, 2014, is the last day to hand in term work, according to York University regulations:
+Please also note that for the second topic, you are not required to present the topic study in class. However, you are still required to submit hard copies to me and also electronically submit to the course directory /cs/course/4221/submit/topic copies of both the topic study presentation slides and topic study report. The second topic study and the project are due December 5, 2014, 24:00 midnight.
-http://www.registrar.yorku.ca/enrol/dates/fw14.htm
 ===== November 17, 2014 =====
 Please note that EECS4221 Test 2 will be held on Wednesday December 3, 2014, 19:00, (not November 26).
+ 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 26;
+(b) Material in the slides OSD.4, OSD.4.1.pdf, 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.
+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 on or before Friday December 5, 24:00 midnight. Please note that December 5, 2014, is the last day to hand in term work, according to York University regulations:
+http://www.registrar.yorku.ca/enrol/dates/fw14.htm
+===== January 7, 2015 =====
+The unofficial final grades for EECS4221 Winter 2014 can be accessed by first logging on to red.cse.yorku.ca, then using the following command:
+courseInfo 4221 2014-15 F