Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology B.Tech IT SITA3006 UNIX Internals Syllabus

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Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology B.Tech IT SITA3006 UNIX Internals Syllabus


SATHYABAMA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL OF COMPUTING

SITA3006 UNIX INTERNALS
L T P Credits Total Marks
3 0 0 3 100

UNIT 1 SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE AND ADMINISTRATION 9 Hrs.
General review of the system - History - System structure - User perspective - Operating system services - Assumptions
about hardware - Introduction to the kernel -Architecture of the UNIX operating syste - System administration.

UNIT 2 BUFFER CACHE AND DISK BLOCKS 9 Hrs.
The buffer cache - Headers - Buffer pool - Buffer retrieval - Reading and writing disk blocks - Advantages and disadvantages
of the buffer cache - Internal representation of files - Inodes– Structure of the buffer pool - Directories - Path name to Inode -
Super block - Inode assignment - Allocation of disk blocks - Other file types.

UNIT 3 FILE SYSTEMS 9 Hrs.
System calls for the file system - Open - Read - Write - Lseek - Close - Create - Special files creation - Change rectory and
change root - Change owner and change mode - Stat - Fstat - Pipes - Dup - Mount – Un-mount - Link - Unlink - File system
abstraction - Maintenance.

UNIT 4 PROCESS CONTROL 9 Hrs.
The system representation of processes - States - Transitions - System memory - Context of a process -Saving the context -
Manipulation of a process address space - Sleep process control - signals - Process termination -Awaiting - Invoking other
programs - The Shell - system Boot and the INIT process – process scheduling.

UNIT 5 MEMORY MANAGEMENT 9 Hrs.
Memory management policies - Swapping - Demand paging - A Hybrid System - I/O subsystem - Driver interfaces - Disk
drivers - Terminal drivers-Inter Process Communication.
Max. 45 Hrs.

COURSE OUTCOMES
On completion of the course, student will be able to
CO1 - Understand the basic functions of UNIX operating systems.
CO2 - Analyze the buffers and kernel representation.
CO3 - Understand the UNIX system structure and system calls.
CO4 - Demonstrate the UNIX segmentation, scheduling and paging.
CO5 - Apply the concept of memory management and Inter process communication.
CO6 - Explore various file systems.

TEXT / REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Maurice J. Bach, "The Design of the Unix Operating System", Pearson Education, 2002.
2. UreshVahalia, "UNIX Internals: The New Frontiers", Pearson Education Inc, 2003.
3. John Lion, "Lion’s Commentary on UNIX", 6th edition, Peer-to-Peer Communications, 2004.
4. Daniel P. Bovet & Marco Cesati, “Understanding the Linux Kernel”, O’REILLY, Shroff Publishers & Distributors Pvt. Ltd,
2000.
5. M. Beck et al, “Linux Kernel Programming”, Pearson Education Asia, 2002

END SEMESTER EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER PATTERN
Max. Marks:100 Exam Duration:3 Hrs.
PART A: 10 Question of 2 marks each – No choice 20 Marks
PART B: 2 Questions from each unit of internal choice, each carrying 16 marks 80 Marks