Prerequisites by Topic

• basic process and thread models
• knowledge of C
• working knowledge of Unix (shell and system calls)
• semaphores and mutual exclusion

Knowledge and Skills Acquired

• Mastery of:
  • the execution environment of a C program
  • programming on the protected mode architecture of a modern CPU
  • the internal organization of a micro-kernel, including process management,
    interrupt handling, and inter-process communication primitives
  • implementation of various OS system calls
  • the above OS issues at the source code level
• Familiarity with:
  • implementation of a UNIX-style file system