Prerequisites for the labs

• C Programming Language
• Debugging skills

Discussions

• Submit discussion notes for each week to get extra grade
• Discussions not recorded

VirtualBox Setup

• Download, import .ova file
• Setup shared folder

Kernel

• Is the lowest level of the operating system
• Privileged instructions can run here
• Communicate with kernel using syscalls
• Labs will be related to the system call APIs
• Handles CPU virtualization

Kernel Modules

• Pieces of code that can be loaded and unloaded into kernel upon demand
• Without need to reboot system
• Why not add all functionalities into kernel image
  • Use modular design for efficiency