In this page you will find information about homeworks.

Handing in Homeworks

You are to submit your homeworks through the department's turn-in system. Proceed as follows:

• Log into http://csnet.cs.tamu.edu. (You may need to establish a VPN connection first; not sure.)
• Follow the "My Courses" link.
• Select CPSC410 or CPSC611 from the given list of courses. you will see the class information and buttons for turn-in.
• Use the buttons to upload your files.
• NOTE: Subsequent submissions overwrite your earlier submissions for the same assignment!!
• If you have more than one file to submit, compress them into one file using tar or zip.

Homework 1 (due Monday, Sept 22, before midnight -- HARD DEADLINE!! -- Check CSNET!)

For the first homework, attack the following problems in the Silberschatz book (8th edition).

• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.22
• 1.23 (research mini-assignment)
• 2.9
• 2.17 (explain!)
• 2.28 : Give a 300-word summary about how to add a system call to the Linux Kernel.

Homework 2 (due Sunday, Nov 2 -- Check CSNET!)

Attack the following problems in the Silberschatz book (8th edition).

• 8.4
• 8.6
• 8.16
• 8.20
• 8.24
• 9.2
• 9.6
• 9.12
• 9.14
• 9.20
• 9.27
• 9.32

(Voluntary) Homework 3 (If you plan to submit, the HARD due date is December 7, before midnight -- Check CSNET!)

Attack the following problems in the Silberschatz book (8th edition).

Note: This homework is voluntary. If you don't turn in a submission by the deadline, we use the average of the other two homeworks to compute a "grade" for this homework.

Note 2: The material covered in this homework overlaps with the Final Exam. It is therefore excellent preparation material for the Final. It is therefore advisable to complete it before the Final.

• 7.20
• 8.18
• 8.23
• 9.30
• 10.10
• 10.11
• 12.25
• 15.4
• 15.13
• 15.14