CSC 453 - Operating Systems

Dr. R. M. Siegfried

Assignment #11 - page 594/p. 525/12.1. 12.5

Due Monday, May 8, 2023

Exercise 12.1

State three advantages of placing functionality in a device controller, rather than in the kernel. State three disadvantages.

Exercise 12.5

How does DMA increase systems concurrency? How does it complicate hardware design?

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