UNIX software design and development
J Boutland
6 points * 3 hours per week * Second semester * Caulfield * Prerequisites: Fluent in C programming at the UNIX system call level. Some experience with assembler programming
Historical development of the UNIX operating system. Design of the Minix operating system. UNIX system administration. UNIX system programming: system calls and the operating system structure, processes and inter-process communication, process scheduling, input-output software, memory management, file systems. Practical system modification considerations: the system library; compiler procedures, assembly language procedures, organisation of the library; organising the file systems; recompilation of the operating system; building the boot procedures; system testing; device driver installation.
Assessment
Written: 50% * Practical work: 50%
Prescribed texts
Tannenbaum A S Operating systems design and implementation Prentice-Hall, 1987