CS 378: Linux Kernel Programming

Spring 2002, Course ID (unique): 51356

Instructor: Prof. Yongguang Zhang (ygz@cs.utexas.edu)
TA: Ben Hardekopf (benh@cs.utexas.edu)
Meeting time/room: MF 11:00-12:30 @ ENS 145

Instructor's office hours: MF 2:30-3:30 @ ACES 6.240
TA's office hours: M 12:30-1:30, Th 3:30-4:30 @ PAI 5.36-C
Newsgroup: utexas.class.cs378-zhang

Linux Source Cross-Reference

Calendar:

week #	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
15		Apr/29 Lecture 27 (loadable security modules)	Apr/30	May/01	May/02	May/03 Lecture 28 Final project due 11:59pm
14		Apr/22 Lecture 25 (embedded linux)	Apr/23	Apr/24	Apr/25	Apr/26 Lecture 26 (linux security)
13		Apr/15 Lecture 23 (more on device driver)	Apr/16	Apr/17	Apr/18	Apr/19 Lecture 24 (network device driver)
12		Apr/08 Lecture 21 (journaled file systems)	Apr/09	Apr/10	Apr/11	Apr/12 Lecture 22 (volume management: Part1, Part2)
11	Mar/31 All projects due 11:59pm	Apr/01 Lecture 19 (overview)	Apr/02	Apr/03	Apr/04	Apr/05 Lecture 20 (network file systems)
10		Mar/25 Lecture 17 (networking)	Mar/26	Mar/27	Mar/28	Mar/29 Lecture 18 Final project announced in class
9		Mar/18 Lecture 15 (networking)	Mar/19	Mar/20	Mar/21	Mar/22 Lecture 16 (networking)
-		Mar/11 Spring break, no class	Mar/12	Mar/13	Mar/14	Mar/15 Spring break, no class
8		Mar/4 Lecture 13 (device driver)	Mar/5	Mar/6	Mar/7	Mar/8 Lecture 14 (file system) 2 group projects due 11:59pm
7		Feb/25 Lecture 12 (synchronization)	Feb/26	Feb/27	Feb/28	Mar/1 No class
6		Feb/18 Lecture 10 (process)	Feb/19	Feb/20	Feb/21	Feb/22 Lecture 11 (time)
5		Feb/11 Lecture 8 (MM)	Feb/12	Feb/13	Feb/14	Feb/15 Lecture 9 (process) project selection due
4		Feb/4 Lecture 6 (MM)	Feb/5	Feb/6	Feb/7	Feb/8 Lecture 7 (MM) Group projects announced	Feb/9 Project 3 due 11:59pm
3		Jan/28 Lecture 4 (system calls)	Jan/29	Jan/30	Jan/31	Feb/1 Lecture 5 (/proc) Project 2 due 11:59pm Project 3 handout
2		Jan/21 MLK holiday No class	Jan/22	Jan/23	Jan/24	Jan/25 Lecture 3 (kernel structure) Project 2 handout: see Lecture 3 notes	Jan/26 Project 1 due 11:59pm
1		Jan/14 Lecture 1	Jan/15	Jan/16	Jan/17	Jan/18 Lecture 2 (kernel basic) Project 1 handout: see Lecture 2 notes

Project 2 -- Kernel Modules

Group Projects (4-8)

Final Project

Guest Lecture Series

Apr/01: Kenneth Rozendal, Linux Kernel Overview
Apr/05: Steven French, Samba and Linux Network Filesystems and CIFS
Apr/08: Steve Best, Journaled File System (JFS) for Linux
Apr/12: Ray Venditti, EVMS (Volume Management) (Part1, Part2)
Apr/22: Robert Paulsen, Embedded Linux
Apr/26: Steven Bade, Generalized Concepts Discussion, SNARE project, LSM from a Kernel Hooks Perspective
Apr/29: Emily Ratliff, Loadable Security Modules (LSM)