1. Class Information
• Professor

Chris Edmondson-Yurkanan (Edmondson - "your cannon")
Office: TAY 3.148; 471-9546
Email: dragon@cs.utexas.edu
Office hours: TTh 10:00-11:00am (frequently til noon, and usually after class
• [ Syllabus ][ Class operation ][ Errata for the textbook  ]
• TAs: --> the office hours will be held in PAI 3.04N

Name	e-mail	Office Hours
Douglas Greiman	duggelz@cs.utexas.edu	Wed. 11:30-12:30pm, Fri. 11:00-12:30pm
Manish Gupta	mgupta@cs.utexas.edu	Mon. 2:30-3:30pm, Tues. 11:00-12:30pm
Huiqun Liu	hqliu@cs.utexas.edu	Mon. 3:30-5:00pm, Wed. 3:30-4:30pm
Cynthia Thompson	cthomp@cs.utexas.edu	Tue. 4:00-5:00pm, Wed. 1:00-2:30pm

 
2. Handouts (copies of all handouts are in a wall-mounted bin outside of my office, TAY 3.148)
• Handout #3 on 8/29 : encoding of data types
• Handout #4 on 9/3: Program 1 specs, part1 (see below)

Handout #5 on 9/3: lecture notes (not online)
• Handout #6 on 9/5: Program 1 specs, part2 (not online)
• Handout #7 on 9/7: Program 1 turn-in requirements

Handout #8 on 9/7: lecture notes: finish memory, then algorithms for conversion between encodings
• Handout #9 on 9/12: Two weeks plan.
• Handt10 #10 on 9/12: Program 2 specification (see below).=> Solution to Program 2
• Handout #11 on 9/12: Homework #1. => Solution to HW#1
• Handouts #12-16: Notes for lectures 7,8,9, and 11 (not online)
• Handout #17: More about test plan for assignment 2
• Handout #18: Homework #2. => Solution to HW#2
• Handout #19 on 9/29: Homework#2 reference sheet, plus example code (not online)
• Handout #20 on 10/1: Programming with arrays in asm. lang. (not online)
• Handout #21 on 10/1: Homework#2 news posting, plus array examples (not online)
• Handout #22: Exam #1 Objectives
• Handout #23 on 10/6: A preview of the exam#1 reference card (not online)
• Handout #24 on 10/8: Slides used in 10/6 and 10/8 lecture: Usage of Register indirect with displacement; the LEA instruction (not online)
• Handout #25 on 10/8: Discard: Replaced by Handout #28
• Handout #26: Discard original paper copy. Replaced with Handout #27 (changes to handout #26 through 10/9 1p.m.)
• Handout #27: Homework #3 and Quick conversion from gRISC syntax to MIPS ISA and UTPCSPIM syntax
• Handout #28: Overview of the MIPS Instruction Set Architecture(not online)
• Handout #29: Notes from 10/13 (not online): arithmetic on signed vs unsigned integers; plus introduction to our "RISCi" computer organization (based on section 9.1)
• Handout #30: Program #3 (due 10/20) More info at Assignments => Solution to Program 3, Part 2 
• Handout #31: Program #3 worksheet (due 10/20) More info at Assignments
• Handout #32: Notes on PC relative addressing mode, plus the Register Transfer Language for Branch (not online)
• Handout #33: Exam 1 solutions and distribution (not online)
• Handout #34: Complete example of parameter passing using the stack and frame pointer....following the text's generic stack frame
• Handout #35: Program #4: specification of the main function. See P4 solution below!
• Handout #36: Program #4: specification of the functions; See P4 solution below!
• Handout #37: A discussion of typical errors when passing parameters via the stack. (not online)
• Handout #38: Team Exercise. Please work out all the problems by yourself before checking the solutions here. 
• Handout # 39 on 10/31: Program 4 turn-in requirements. See P4 solution below!
• Handout #40: Notes on exception handling: types, cpu timeline, exception state in the hardware, and a depiction of a dispatch exception handler (not online)
• Handout #41: MIPS-specific exception handling (not online)
• Handout # 42: Exam 2 Objectives 
• Handout #43, 44: (not online) Input/Output: Organization, Basic controller functionality, The basic functions for all application I/O: get_character and put_character. How to write these functions using Programmed I/O (i.e. by "polling" a status bit in a "busy-wait" loop).
• Handout #45: (not online) How to write a character-output device driver.
• Handout #46: How to write a character-input device driver.
• Handout #47: trap.handler for Program5 (Note: it has been modified as of 11/19/97 6p.m.)
• Handout #48: (not online) Program 5 Specifications #1 of 3
• Handout #49: (not online) Slides for lecture #35 on DMA and disks
• Handout #50: (not online) Program 5 Specifications #2 of 3
• Handout #51: Program 5,   application code that you are to use for Part 2. (as of 11/23/97 4p.m.)
• Handout #52: Program 5 Specifications #3 of 3
• Handout #53: Program 5,   application code that you are to use for Part 3. (as of 11/20/97 8p.m.)
• Handout #54: (not online) Slides on a subset of the cache lectures
• Handout #55: (not online) Exam 2 Solutions
• Handout #56: Program 5 TURN IN SPECS
• Handout #57: (not online) Floating point data type slides
• Handout #58: (not online) Floating point data type cont.
• Handout #59: (not online) Slides on Linking
• Handout #60: (not online) Slides on Loading and Translation(Assembly)
• Handout #61: Final EXAM Objectives
3. Reading in Text
• Chapter 1 through pg 19, Example 1.31(pg 26)
• Chapter 3 3.1(except 3.1.3 and banks on page 82), 3.2(except pg 90,93-94), figure 3.17
• Chapter 4 the entire chapter (except for: 2ndhalf of pg128-pg129, 4.5.7, 4.6.2)
• Chapter 5 through pg 177, Example 5.19 (pg 186)
• Chapter 5 pp178-180, 5.2.3, 5.2.4 (only on "representing strings" and example 5.19), 5.3, 5.5

(on indexed usage, displacement usage, string concepts, and the section on LEA)
• Chapter 7 pg 250 on unsigned overflow for addition, pg 268-270 ("addition and subtraction in 2's complement")
• Chapter 9 9.1 (back to computer organization)
• Chapter 6 Chapter 6 through 6.5 (for lectures 22-24), see Chapter 6 examples recoded in MIPS (UT's PCSPIM specific)
• Chapter 11 Skim 11.1, focusing on 11.3, the Processor Status Word concept, and the difference between XOPs and Subroutines. Note: the MIPS syscall instruction is an example of an XOP. Main-reading is 11.3 (except 11.3.5)
• Chapter 3 3.3
• Chapter 12 12.1 (except 12.1.3), 12.2, 12.4(first 2 pages)
• PCSPIM User's Manual Chapter 14
• A new trap.handler file to use with program #5: final version 11/19/97 6p.m.
• Chapter 9 9.2 (on caches)
• Chapter 8 8.2 (on floating point data type - focus on IEEE 754 format)
• Chapter 1 1.1.6 converting decimal fractions to binary
• Chapter 7 7.2.2 excess "n" signed integer scheme
4. Programming Assignments
• Program 1(Handout #4) -- Simple Assembler/Loader and Simple Implementation.

Two source files for you to use however you wish: C++ file and PASCAL file .
9/4/97 News: ooops, the C++ file was missing decode(). Here's the C++ decode function.
Handout #6 on 9/5: Program 1 specs, part2 (not online)
Handout #7 on 9/7: Program 1 turn-in requirements
Solution to program 1
• Program 2(Handout #10)

Handout #17 -> Additional information about the test plan.
Solution to Program 2
• Program 3:

Handout #30: specifications
For part 1: Use this working, correct source file (based on Example 5.19 from the text).
Part 1 Worksheet (handout #31) => No solution to be posted for this.
Solution to Program 3, Part 2 
• Program 4:

Handout #35: Program #4: specification of the main function
Handout #36 Program #4: specification of the functions plus an example
Some clarifications about Program #4.
Announcement: about $sp and $fp
Turn-in requirements:: Handout #39: Program 4 turn-in requirements
Solution to Program 4 
• Program 5:

See handouts 48 and 50 (not online) for program 5 specifications #1 of 3, and #2 of 3.
Handout #52: Program 5 Specifications #3 of 3
The P5 trap.handler file that you must use for Program 5 parts 1, 2, and 3. (Current version is of 11/19/97    6p.m.)
I am providing you with Program 5's part2 application, see handout #51:  online copy. (11/23/97 4p.m.)
Handout #53: Program 5,   application code that you are to use for Part 3. (as of 11/20/97 8p.m.)
Handout #56: Program 5 TURN IN SPECS
NEWS:
1. Part 4 of Program 5 is now extra credit. You can get 20% extra credit for Part4. All you need to do is write the solution and prove that it assembles correctly. See handout #52
2. Part 1's exception number was wrong:  The store address error for unaligned addresses is #5 (not 6).
3. You must understand HOW your exception handler (e.g. in Part2) is being "called" from the P5excp.handler!!!!!! This understanding will determine how you should RETURN!!!! from your exception handler. An appreciative student also echoes his endorsement of this and said "oh I didn't realize that I really needed to read the P5excp.handler" code. Inotherwords, your P5 code has to INTERFACE to the caller in the P5excp. handler... i.e. they need to work together.
4. For parts 2 and 3 Please add your new code at the END of the file, after all of the given code. In the few places you have to add code to the given routines (main and others), clearly indicate with *** and comments where and what your modifications are.
 
5. Newsgroup : utexas.class.cs310

CS310 assembly language programming assignments are in the MIPS Instruction Set Architecture, and are executed using a PC-based simulator of the MIPS ISA called PCSPIM, written (and copyrighted) by James Larus, University of Wisconsin, with additional copyrights by Morgan Kaufmann. CS310 uses a unique version of PCSPIM. This version of PCSPIM, nicknamed UT's PCSPIM, provides several additional features for CS310 students (or any user who would like to see symbol tables, complete listing files, use pushw/popw, etc.). See the UT PCSPIM web page for an executable file, with bug lists, template file, installation instructions, news, examples and the "exam2 reference card".

The company MIPS is now owned by Silicon Graphics Incorporated.

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Resources:
C++ Information:
• Understanding C++: An Accelerated Introduction
• Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming Using C++
• A Coding Convention for C++ Code
• The ISO/ANSI C++ Draft

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This page was last modified on Nov. 30, 1997 by all of the CS310 team.