In the table below, the column labeled "Silberschatz" refers to chapters in the 8th Edition of Operating System Concepts, by Silberschatz, Galvin and Gagne (John Wiley and Sons), which was formerly used as a textbook for this course. Although we are no longer using it, we've left the Silberschatz chapter references in the table for the benefit of those who may have copies of that text. Unless you already have a copy of the Silberschatz text, we recommend Three Easy Pieces.
| Subject | Silberschatz | Three Easy Pieces | 2up Notes | 1up Notes |
| Introduction; Background and Overview | Chapters 1-2 | Intro | 2-up | 1-up |
| Threads | N/A (see the Intro by Birrell above) | Dialogue Intro Threads | 2-up | 1-up |
| Synchronization | Chapters 3 (3.4.1),
Chapters 6, and 7 |
Locks
Lock Use
CVs
Semaphores Monitors Bugs Summary Dialogue |
2-up | 1-up |
| Processes, The Kernel, and System Calls | Chapters 2 (2.3 and 2.4),
and 3 (3.1-3.3) |
Dialogue
Processes
Process API Context Switch & Sys Calls |
2-up | 1-up |
| Virtual Memory | Chapters 8-9 |
Address Spaces
Memory API
Address Translation Segmentation Paging TLBs (Faster) Smaller Page Tables Replacement/Swapping Replacement Algorithms |
2-up | 1-up |
| Scheduling | Chapter 5 | Scheduling MLFQ Multiple CPUs | 2-up | 1-up |
| I/O | Chapters 12-13 | Devices Hard Disks | 2-up | 1-up |
| File Systems | Chapters 10-11
(excluding 11.8-11.9) |
Files File System FSCK & Journaling | 2-up | 1-up |
| Interprocess Communication and Networking | Chapter 3 (3.4-3.6) | Not Covered | 2-up | 1-up |