4003-406 Systems Programming I

Term:	20091
Times:	4:00 - 5:50pm MW
Room:	70-1455

Last updated 2009/11/14 21:06:45

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What's New

2009/11/14:
- The take-home final exam is ready. I have sent instructions to everyone's CS email address on the main CS systems indicating how to retrieve the exam. You can also find a copy of final.txt via the web on the main CS network (course password required). (Use the "save link as" option of your browser, to preserve the control characters in the file.)
2009/11/11:
- The final exam topic list has been posted. (Note that this is preliminary, and will be updated again within the next few days.)
2009/11/02:
- Project 4 has been posted.
2009/10/18:
- Project 3 has been posted.
2009/10/13:
- The due date for project 2 has been changed to Sunday, October 18, 2009 . See your email for an explanation.
2009/09/30:
- The midterm exam topic list has been posted.
2009/09/28:
- Project 2 has been posted.
2009/09/16:
- I've sent a test message to my mailing list for this course. The list contains everyone's CS email address. You should find a copy in your incoming CS email, or wherever you forward your CS email to (if you have set up email forwarding). If you don't receive the test message, please let me know.
- Per a request to faculty from the Provost, I have updated the course syllabus to address the potential situation where absences from class may require changes to assignments or the grading scheme. See the course syllabus (scroll down for a link) or my recent email for details.
2009/09/12:
- Project 1 has been posted.
2009/09/07:
- Welcome back to RIT!

Description

This course is an introduction to systems programming concepts and techniques. Topics include: the Intel system architecture, its assembly language, the C language, and how to use these tools to interact with the low level hardware and UNIX-style operating systems. (UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group.)

Instructor

Name:	Warren R. Carithers
Office:	3617 Golisano (70-3617)
Phone:	(585) 475-5393
Email:	wrc AT cs.rit.edu

Syllabi

4003-406 Syllabus

Course Contents

Below is a tentative topic schedule for the quarter. This may change depending on events during the quarter.

PoC: Reek, Pointers on C
PAL: Blum, Professional Assembly Language
APUE: Stevens & Rago, Advanced Programming in the UNIX^® Environment, Second Edition
SSP: Teer, Solaris^™ Systems Programming
Notes: Examples and in-class material

Week	Relevant Text/Chapter(s)	Topics
1	PoC, APUE 1-3, 5, 7 SSP 1-5	Overview; C programming
2	PoC, APUE 1-3, 5, 7 SSP 1-5	Overview; C programming
3	PAL, Notes	Assembly language, C/assembly interface
4	PAL, Notes	Assembly language, C/assembly interface
5	Notes	Device programming, Midterm
6	Notes	Device programming, Midterm
7	APUE 8-9, 11-12 SSP 7, 14-16	Process/thread management
8	APUE 15, 18-19 SSP 12, 13, 17, 19	IPC using pipes & FIFOs, signals, terminal i/o
9	APUE 15 SSP 20	System V IPC mechanisms
10	APUE 16 SSP 10, 11, 21, 23	Socket/network programming, filesystems

UNIX^® is a registered trademark of The Open Group.
Solaris is a trademark of Oracle and/or its affiliates.