Schedule & Slides

Lectures are Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Lab milestones are due Saturday at 11:59 pm. Lecture topics marked TBD have not been finalized yet, and slides and readings are posted as each lecture is reached.

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September 2026

Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
2
Start of Classes
Class Overview
Intro to Operating Systems
OSTEP Ch 2: Introduction
OSTEP Ch 4: Processes
OSTEP Ch 6: Limited Direct Execution
3
4
Intro to Operating Systems Cont'd
Devices
OSTEP Ch 13: Address Spaces
OSTEP Ch 36: I/O Devices
5
7
Labor Day
8
Lab 1
9
Lab 2 M1 Discussion: GPIO
Userspace I/O (UIO): Part 1
UIO
Quiz 1: OS, Lab 1
10
11
Interrupts and UIO Part 2
Quiz 2: Devices
12
Lab 2 M1
14
Lab 2 M2 Discussion: Interrupts
Quiz 3: UIO Part 1
15
16
Cross Compilation
Lab 3 Discussion
17
18
Instructor Gone - No class
19
Lab 2 M2
21
Instructor gone: work through the C++ Refresher page
C++ Refresher
Quiz 4: Interrupts, UIO Part 2, Lab 2
22
23
Lab4 M1 Discussion
24
25
Valgrind
26
Lab 3
28
Instructor gone, substitute or video lecture will be arranged.
LDD3 Ch. 1
29
30
Instructor gone, substitute or video lecture will be arranged.
LDD3 Ch.2

October 2026

Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
2
Instructor gone, substitute or video lecture will be arranged.
Lecture TBD
3
Lab 4 M1
5
Lab 4 M2/M3 discussion
Review clock solution
6
Homecoming Opening Ceremony
7
LDD3 Ch. 3
8
9
LDD3 Ch 4,11
10
Lab 4 M2
12
LDD 6, 9, 10
13
14
Lab 5 Milestone 1 Discussion
15
16
Lab 5 Milestone 2 Discussion
17
Lab 4 M3
19
Lab 5 Milestone 3 Discussion
Midterm 1
20
Midterm 1
21
Lecture TBD
22
23
Lecture TBD
24
Lab 5 M1
Lab 5 M2
26
Lab 5 Milestone 3/4 discussion
27
28
Lecture TBD
29
30
Lecture TBD
31
Lab 5 M3

November 2026

Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
2
AXI Bus I
AXI Activity
3
4
AXI Read Example RTL
Lab 6 M1 Discussion
5
6
Lecture TBD
7
Lab 5 M4
9
Vivado Simulation Demo
Lab 6 M1 Q&A
10
11
AXI Bus II
12
13
Lab 6 M2 Discussion
Vivado block design demo
14
Lab 6 M1
16
Lecture TBD
17
18
Lecture TBD
19
Midterm 2
20
Lab 7 Discussion
Midterm 2
21
Midterm 2
Lab 6 M2
23
Lecture TBD
24
25
No class - Thanksgiving Holiday
26
No class - Thanksgiving Holiday
27
No class - Thanksgiving Holiday
28
Lab 7
30
Lecture TBD

December 2026

Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
2
Lab 8 discussion
3
4
Lecture TBD
5
7
Instructor gone, substitute or video lecture will be arranged.
Lecture TBD
Midterm 3
8
Midterm 3
9
Instructor gone, substitute or video lecture will be arranged.
Exam Review Q&A
Midterm 3
Lab 8
10
Last Day of Class
11
Instructor gone, substitute or video lecture will be arranged.

LDD3: https://lwn.net/Kernel/LDD3/

OSTEP: https://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~remzi/OSTEP/

Other Study Questions

These study question sets are not tied to a specific lecture date, but are covered by in-class quizzes:

Lab Deadlines and Weighting

Lab Time Due Date Relative Grade Weighting
1 1 week Sat, Sep 5, 2026 0.5
2 1 week Sat, Sep 12, 2026 1.0
3 1 week Sat, Sep 19, 2026 1.0
4 (M1) 1 week Sat, Sep 26, 2026 1.0
4 (M2) 1 week Sat, Oct 3, 2026 1.0
4 (M3) 1 week Sat, Oct 10, 2026 1.0
5 (M1) 1 week Sat, Oct 17, 2026 0.5
5 (M2) 1 week Sat, Oct 24, 2026 0.5
5 (M3) 1 week Sat, Oct 31, 2026 1.0
5 (M4) 1 week Sat, Nov 7, 2026 1.0
6 (M1) 1 week Sat, Nov 14, 2026 1.0
6 (M2) 1 week Sat, Nov 21, 2026 0.5
7 1 week Sat, Nov 28, 2026 1.0
8 1.5 week Wed, Dec 9, 2026 1.0