Projects

Nachos Code Distributions

The Java version of Nachos is available for you to download here: nachos-java.tar.gz (112 Kb gzipped tarfile). You can unpack this file using the command

  gzcat nachos-java.tar.gz | tar xf -
which will create the directory nachos. See the file README contained within the tarfile for information on using and compiling the code.

Each project group should download this code just once and place it under CVS control for the group to use. Other group members are certainly willing to download the code and look at it without checking it in to CVS. We will be setting up project groups and CVS repositories for each group soon; in the meantime, you should be reading through the code and trying to understand how it works.

You can also view a PDF version of the code here. Please do not print this out from campus printers. Purchase the reader instead.

Java Distributions

The Java version of Nachos only supports Java 1.3.1, as the security manager and set of reserved keywords has changed in later versions. Instructional machines already have 1.3.1 installed. For remote users, you can download 1.3.1 here: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/download.html .
If you are curious to see what version of java you are using you can run the following command "java -version". We cannot stress strongly enough that you should not use java 1.4 or java 1.5. You might run into transient errors that will not show up as warnings or errors during compile time.

Project Components

There are four projects. Each project has three components:
  1. A design document. You will meet with your TA to discuss your design about 7-10 days before each project (phase) of Nachos.
  2. Project code.
  3. Project group member evaluations.

Group Tools for Nachos Projects

General Project Information

Project Grading

The design document will be worth 40% of the project grade, and the code itself will be worth the other 60%. You must turn in your initial design document in order to get a grade for the project.

Project Deadlines

You should submit assignments as early as possible to avoid submission problems. You can submit multiple times, however, only the last submission will be graded.

Assignments (design docs, code, and group evaluations) are due by 11:59pm on the due date.

Autograder Queue

Cross Compilers

A cross-compiler is a compiler that runs on one architecture but compiles to another architecture, e.g. a compiler that runs on x86 Solaris machines such as torus.cs but builds MIPS programs. You will be making extensive use of MIPS cross-compilers this semester, unless you actually run Nachos on a MIPS machine.

When you run gmake in the test directory, gmake will look for a cross-compiler in the directory pointed at by the ARCHDIR environment variable. If you are using an instructional machine of one of the architectures we support, then this is automatic.

If you are not using an instructional machine for Nachos Phases 2-4, you will need to:

We provide a few common cross-compilers, so most likely you will not have to build one of your own: