Background/Refresher on computer architecture and systems: Welcome
to the Machine: What every computer systems student should know about computers
Operating Systems in Three Easy Pieces. The Arpaci-Dusseau team has an
excellent textbook Three Easy Pieces.
The book is closely
matched to the needs of the class at least through the first six
weeks. In the second half of the class we will move away from core
OS topics and toward networked/distributed systems.
Dynamic Memory Management, Bryant and O'Hallaron, CS:APP textbook (Best read with view mode: facing pages/two-pages per window).
Essential C, Nick Parlante, A brief introduction to C programming, 2003.
ANSI C, Tim Love, ANSI C for programmers on UNIX systems, 1996.
