CS 414/415

CS 414/415 Announcements

May 15: Before you come to demo, please modify your proj5 to output this debug information for each routing packet: <*****GRADING*****, src addr, dest addr, last hop, type>. Or something else that can confirm us that the routing is working.
May 15: DEMO PLACE is UGLAB. Bring your Jornada if you haven't done so. Show up at least 1/2 hour before your time slot.
May 14: Final exam in Ives 305 from 12:00 to 2:30. PLEASE BRING YOUR JORNADA TO THE FINAL EXAM.
May 13: The final will be cumulative, covering everything from the first day through the last. Here is last year's final, it'll be similar in scope and format. All sample homework solutions are online as well, though the final exam will be less expository than homeworks and focus more on analysis.
May 13: Project 6 due at 1 pm. If you are looking for more of a challenge, you can pick one of the projects from this list with the course staff's permission. Be sure to notify us of your choice by 5pm on Friday April 26.
May 12: Some problems were fixed in disc.c. Redownload it.
May 10: Schedule for the demo sessions posted. Please check that you got the desired time slot.
May 9: Grading for Projects 5 and 6 will be based on a 20 minute demo. The time slots available are: Sunday 2pm-6pm, Wenesday 9am-12pm and 1pm-6pm, Thurday 2pm-6pm. Please send an email to dobra@cs.cornell.edu with your preferences.
May 9: Small bug in disk.c corrected. Please refetch it.
May 6: Files minifile.h and minifile.c have been added and disk.c has been slightly changed. Please (re)download them.
May 4: There are some minor changes to shell.c to make it conform to minifile.h. Please refetch it.
May 3: Slope day: egs is your friend.
May 3: Read chapter 20, answer 20.1-20.11. Submit by emailing egs@cs a !!PLAIN TEXT FILE!! with the subject line 414 HOMEWORK 10.
Apr 26: Read chapters 18 and 19, answer 18.1-18.13. Submit by emailing egs@cs a !!PLAIN TEXT FILE!! with the subject line 414 HOMEWORK 9.
Apr 25: network.c has been updated to deal with hostnames that start with a digit.
Apr 23: No section this week.
Apr 22: Project 5 due at 1pm.
Apr 20: Download the fixed interrupts.c file. The old one had a bug in function clock_poll that prevented Jornadas to get clock interrupts.
Apr 20: The old network.c doesn't work if no DNS server reachable. Download the new one.
Apr 19: Read chapter 14, answer 14.2, 14.3, 14.10, 14.17, 14.19, 14.25, 14.26, 14.30. Submit by emailing egs@cs a !!PLAIN TEXT FILE!! with the subject line 414 HOMEWORK 8.
Apr 19: If you have difficulty downloading the Jornada software (Embedded Visual Tools, Handheld PC SDK), you can borrow CDs from Prof. Sirer in 4119A Upson. Note that the CSUG lab already has this software installed.
Apr 16: The old network.c reports the wrong local address. Download the modified network.c file or the whole Project 5.
Apr 9: Project 5 due on April 22.

Apr 5: Homework 7 due at 1pm. Read Chapters 11 and 12 (skip section 12.7). Answer questions 12.1 through 12.11 and 12.13. Submit by emailing egs@cs a !!PLAIN TEXT FILE!! with the subject line 414 HOMEWORK 7.

Apr 1: Homework 6 due at 1pm. Read Chapter 9. Answer questions 9.1 through 9.18. Submit by emailing egs@cs a !!PLAIN TEXT FILE!! with the subject line 414 HOMEWORK 6.

Mar 31: Changes have been made to files in Project 4. Please redownload the project files. Also, details about opening and closing connections have been added to the project 4 description.
Mar 24: Project 4 is due on April 8.
Mar 15: Project 3 due at midnight.
Mar 12: Slides from the midterm review session.
Mar 11: Removed some tests (asserts) from network{1-6}.c test files. Redownload the project files.
Mar 9: We made some changes to Project 3 description (added clarifications) and to the Makefile file (to correct some problems, redownload the project files ).
Mar 1: Read chapter 15. Answer questions 15.1 through 15.19 by Mar 1.
Feb 25: Project 3 posted.
Feb 22: Read chapter 8. Answer questions 8.2, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 8.8, 8.9, 8.10, 8.13, 8.14, 8.15 from the book by Feb 22.
Feb 22: Project 2 due at 1 pm.
Feb 18: Small changes have been made to Project 2. You can incorporate them by hand or you can redownload the project files.
Feb 13: Project 1 due at 1 pm.
Feb 12: Project 2 posted.
Feb 8: Read chapters 6 and 7. Answer these questions by 1pm on Feb 18.
Feb 8: Homework 2 due at 1 pm.
Feb 6: Frequently asked questions for Project 1 posted.
Feb 2: Changes made to files in Project 1. Redownload the project or make the changes yourself.
Feb 1: Read chapter 4.1-4.5 and 5. Answer these questions.
Feb 1: Homework 1 due at 1 pm. PLEASE DO NOT "ATTACH" your homework. Insert it into your message as plain text, as if you had typed it in the body of your message and email it with subject line 414 HOMEWORK 1.
Jan 29: Group assignments have been posted.
Jan 29: Slides from the section on first project posted.
Jan 28: Instructions on wireless card driver installation posted.
Jan 28: Project 1 is out, and due on Feb 11.
Jan 25: Homework 1. Read chapters 1-3, and answer these questions by Feb 1. Submit by emailing egs@cs a !!PLAIN TEXT FILE!! with the subject line 414 HOMEWORK 1
Jan 25: You can pick up your HP Jornada from Upson 5130 between 2:30 and 4:30.
Jan 24, 2001: All students taking 414 should also be enrolled in 415. And don't forget to sign up for the 414 and 415 sections.
Jan 24: Welcome to CS 414/415.

Emin Gün Sirer