On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 11:48 PM, Facundo Viale <facundo.m.viale@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi! I'm new here and i what to introduce myself i'm teacher in a University > in the course Operation Systems. During the course the students learn some > Operatyng Systems concepts, specially everything relating to the Kernel. As > a practice task, they also have to use C to make a program with some Kernel > functionalities. This year this task consists on programming a File System > (I chose FAT32 since I thought it was the easiest one to implement) using > FUSE and simulating a Hard Disk and a RAID behavior. > Since I'm not a Kernel expert I'm looking for some advice and ideas. The aim > of the practice task I'm creating is to help the students make a program > that simulates the behavior and functionalities of a Kernel (such as a File > System, Memory Administrator, Planner, etc.), but at the same I would like > those programs to really interact with the Kernel, being not only ideal > simulation cases (like FUSE). But, as I said, I don't know that much to have > a good idea of what can I use to make the most from the Kernel in the task. > I could really use some ideas! > Some of the things I have in mind: > - Use netlinks > - Build a kernel module > - I'm also interested in the /dev/mem > ¡Thanks a lot in advance! University of Massachusetts have a very well tailored OS coursework and is available online with plenty of details and exercises. Here's the link: http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.828/2010/ -Amit _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
