Operating Systems-II

CONTENTS

1. Process Deadlocks

1. Introduction

2. System Model

3. Deadlock Characterization   

4. Deadlock Prevention    

5. Deadlock Avoidance

6. Deadlock Detection

7. Recovery from Deadlock 

2. File System Management

1. File Concept

2. Access Methods   

3. Directory Structure    

4. Allocation Methods

5. Free Space Management 

3. Disk Scheduling

1. Overview    

2. Disk Structure   

3. Disk Scheduling  

4. Disk Management 

4. Introduction to distributed Operating systems and Architecture

1. Introduction

2. What is a Distributed System?    

3. Types of Distributed Systems

4. Architectural Styles   

5. System Architecture    

6. Example Architectures 

5. Mobile Operating Systems

1. Introduction

2. Features    

3. Special Constraints and Requirements of Mobile Operating System  

4. Special Service Requirements

5. ARM and Intel Architectures – Power Management   

6. Mobile OS Architectures – Underlying OS, Kernel Structure and Native Level Programming, Runtime Issues,

7. Commercial Mobile Operating Systems – Windows Mobile, iPhone OS (iOS), Android    

8. A Comparative Study of Mobile Operating Systems (Palm OS, Android, Symbian OS, Blackberry OS, Apple iOS)