1. 2/16/2016B.Ramamurthy1 Final Review CSE321 B.Ramamurthy

2. 2/16/2016B.Ramamurthy2 Date, Time and Place December 10, 2014, Wednesday 11.45AM – 2.45PM NSC 201 Please bring Pencils, pens and erasers. Any form of ID with photograph Closed book exam

3. 2/16/2016B.Ramamurthy3 Topics 1. Task communications Ch. 7, Ch.8 (pp.165-166,173-180) Signal and signal handlers forks for creating multiple processes (pingpong.c and other programs) 2. Communication among tasks using pipes (pp.183-190) Provided code with pipes, show a diagram with communication channels 3. Memory management issues and pointers (See the course page for details: pointers, dynamic memory allocation, deallocation, and memory leaks) 4. Project 2: XINU kernel, WRT54GL: processes, semaphores, data structures (tables), what do those tables contain; table entry structs 5. Device driver: Purpose, design of a DD, uart device driver, framebuffer device driver (see uart directory of xinu); regular OS vs embedded system OS

4. 2/16/2016B.Ramamurthy4 Format One question per topic discussed above. Each question may have subsections No programming: but pseudo code may be required Given a piece of code you will identify the purpose Use diagrams where ever possible

5. How to study? Prepare? Come prepared: there is no substitute for hard work Review class notes; Understand project work and class work Find ways to efficiently answer questions Find ways to avoid silly mistakes Create a mental checklist to make sure you have not missed anything important on the exam (like your name of the exam paper!) Read the question paper and strategize on the order in which you will answer the questions Build up competencies as you are reviewing the course material and not deficiencies… Good luck. 2/16/2016B.Ramamurthy5