EECS 482: Introduction to Operating Systems

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Discussion Notes

• 9/13-15 (computing tools)
  
• 9/20-22 (hw1 and help on the project)
  
• 9/27-29 (hw2 and the disk scheduler part of the project)
  
• 10/4-6 (hw3 and the thread library part of the project)
  
• 10/11-13 (hw4)
  
• 10/20 (hw5)
  
• 11/1-3 (hw6 and project 2)
  
• 11/8-10 (hw8)
  
• 11/15-17 (hw9, client-server app)
  

Extra Information on Various Topics

• Monitors
  

Textbooks and Additional Book References

• A. Tanenbaum, "Modern Operating Systems", 2nd edition <-- your required textbook
  
• A. Silberschatz and P. Galvin, "Operating System Concepts", 5th edition
  
• W. Stevens, "Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environement" (this is an excellent reference book on the UNIX Operating Systems. I highly recommend it!)
• S. Qualline, "Practical C++ Programming" (when I had to brush up on the basic concept of the C++ language for this class, I bought this book.)
  
• B. Stroustrup, "The C++ Programming Language" (this book is by the creator of C++ language and i bought it to use as a reference guide.)
  
• S. Meyers, "Effective C++: 50 specific ways to improve your programs and designs" (a book of 'gotchas' in C++)
  
• D. Musser, "STL Tutorial and Refernce Guide", 2nd edition
• S. Meyers, "Effective STL: 50 specific ways to improve your use of the Standart Template Library" (similar to "Effective C++" book, the author presents the 'gotchas' of STL)
  
• D. Butenhof, "Programming with POSIX threads"
• S. Kleiman, D. Shah, and B. Smaalders, "Programming with threads"
• B. Lewis, "PThread Primer" (download from the web)