ReadingsFor Final ExamYou should know C (but exam isn't on C). You should know x86 (cheat sheet provided if needed). You should know how hardware caches work (Chapter 6, Bryant/O'Halloran). You should know a little about operating systems and virtualizing the CPU -- as found 1 and 2 -- virtualizing memory -- 3 4 5 6 -- and a little about I/O, hard drives, and flash -- 7 8 9. These are all listed below too (towards the bottom). Class Notes (in Book Form)
Intro Readings From Other BooksKernighan and Ritchie: Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Bryant/O'Halloran: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4 Processes Timer Interrupts Address Spaces Paging TLBs Smaller Page Tables I/O Disks Flash |