Introduction to Linux Kernel Programming. 3 credits, 3 contact hours

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Prerequisites: CS 288 , CS 332 , and CS 350 . An introductory study of how the Linux operating system is built from scratch. AS a hands-on course, students will perform intensive programming using the Linux kernel. The contents include booting, segmentation and paging, creating and destroying processes, process switching and scheduling, handling exceptions and interrupts, software interrupts, creating system calls, creating file systems, networking with TCP/IP, device driver writing and module programming. At the end of the course, students will be able to modify the Linux operating system to create their own.