COMP9242 Advanced Operating Systems  
Covers operating systems design and implementation issues at an advanced level, focussing
on specific issues such as performance and on current OS research areas.
Topics selected from: Microkernels; user-level servers; performance; kernel implementation; device drivers; scheduling
for real-time; effects and control of hardware caches; security and protection; persistent
systems; security; dealing with large, sparse address spaces; experimental systems. A laboratory
running a state-of-the-art microkernal system will be used to provide hands-on experience
with low-level implementation of OS components.