X-Git-Url: https://pintos-os.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=EXPERIENCE;h=dd5b66516fcf3c342b0543f1df23bc2e823582fa;hb=187ff30a3eb05f50c3ca0df8fed87d36f82e2e3d;hp=c9def41b32b3dcc918c2704f1f3331ce317aea82;hpb=65038b7c8ee84a2e36b625c62df6e056e6aae1bd;p=pintos-anon diff --git a/EXPERIENCE b/EXPERIENCE index c9def41..dd5b665 100644 --- a/EXPERIENCE +++ b/EXPERIENCE @@ -6,30 +6,28 @@ General: only in the last few hours. Emphasize that this is a bad choice. Encourage them to use CVS/sourceforge/etc. - - Upgrade gdb, 6.2.1 is better. - - - Encourage students to turn off -O3. - - Suggest where to start in each assignment? - Provide more tests! - - Turn off optimization in provided makefiles? - Threads project: - Many students thought this was by far the hardest. What can we do to make it a little easier? + + Move `join' part to project 2? - - Students don't understand that they'll need to read lots of code. + - Students don't understand that they'll need to read lots of code + before they can start writing. - - Students don't read the debugging page. Point out in multiple - places, and especially point to the backtrace description. + - Students don't read the debugging documentation. Point out in + multiple places, and especially point to the backtrace + description. - Students think data structures are more important than they really are. Say that clever data structures won't get you too much extra - credit compared to simpler ones. Bad data structures might cost - points though. + credit compared to simpler ones. Really bad or "stupid" data + structures might cost points though. - Some students would appreciate more discussion of nitty-gritty details: @@ -59,7 +57,9 @@ Threads project: Userprog project: - Students thought project 2 was especially easy. Reduce amount of - time to allow more time for another project? + time to allow more time for another project? Add something to do + with the page table? Move `join' functionality here from project + 1? VM project: @@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ VM project: (or a location on disk). A sentence or two clearing up this ambiguity would have been helpful. - Filesys project: - A fair number of students thought this was the hardest project.