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 HNE B17
-(Health, Nursing & Environmental Studies is adjacent to Osgoode Hall Law School on the North side.)
+(Health, Nursing & Environmental Studies HNE is South of Ross Building, between Ross Building and Osgoode Hall Law School.)
+===== November 5, 2015 =====
+Because of the limited amount of time available, students who choose to do a
+Second Topic Study do not need to present the Second Topic Study in class.
+Note that the Topic Study Reports (which are separate from the PowerPoint Presentations) and the PowerPoint Slides for the Topic Study presentation for both Topic Study 1 and Topic Study 2 can be handed in on the last day to hand in term work, that is, Monday December 7.
+Also please note that the Test 1 marks can be accessed by logging in to red.cse.yorku.ca, then typing the following command:
+courseInfo 4221 2015-16 F
+===== November 9, 2015 =====
+Eight additional topics have been added to the list of topics to choose from
+for the EECS 4221 Topic Study 2 in /cs/course/4221/4221_topics
+===== November 29, 2015 =====
+Please note that EECS4221/5421 Test 2 will be held on Wednesday December 2, 2015, 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 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.
+IMPORTANT:
+THE LOCATION FOR EECS 4221/5421 TEST 2 ON WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 2 19:00-22:00 IS:
+HNE B17
+(HNE B17 is the same location that was used for EECS 4221/5421 Test 1.
+Health, Nursing & Environmental Studies HNE is South of Ross Building, between Ross Building and Osgoode Hall Law School.)
+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 Monday December 7, 23:59. Please note that December 7, 2015, is the last day to hand in term work, according to York University regulations.
+===== December 4, 2015 =====
+Currently there exist the following 4221/5421 submit directories:
+/cs/course/4221/submit/a1
+/cs/course/4221/submit/topic
+/cs/course/4221/submit/topic2
+/cs/course/4221/submit/project
+Please use the command "man submit" to learn how to
+submit each of your work to one of the submit directories
+listed above.
+===== January 8, 2016 =====
+Please note that the unofficial final grade for EECS 4221 Fall 2015 can be accessed by logging in to red.cse.yorku.ca, then typing the following command:
+courseInfo 4221 2015-16 F