Re: Educational use of OSKit

To: <Kevin_VanHorn@ndsu.NoDak.edu>, <oskit-users@fast.cs.utah.edu>
Subject: Re: Educational use of OSKit
From: "Jonathan S. Shapiro" <shap@eros-os.org>
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 13:33:14 -0500
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Kevin:

I haven't actually done this, but I seriously considered it for my OS course
this spring. This is much of what was prompting my partial walkthrough of
the code. I concluded that in the absence of substantial documentation
(equivalent, say, to a combination of Linux Device Drivers and Understanding
the Linux Kernel combined), it is not doable (or at least, not by me).

The problem with combining drivers from multiple sources is that the code
must incorporate adaptors for multiple models for everything. As an
engineering feat this is quite impressive, but in a pedagogical tool it is
unfortunate. As a teacher, I want to use an example OS that is exceptionally
clear.

Now if only one of those actually existed, I'ld be happy :-)

With great reluctance, I will probably end up using Linux 2.2, because it is
well documented.

OsKit folks: please don't take any of this as a negative comment. You're
doing a wonderful job, and there are only so many hours in the day!


Jonathan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin S. Van Horn" <Kevin_VanHorn@ndsu.NoDak.edu>
To: <oskit-users@fast.cs.utah.edu>
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 2:52 PM
Subject: Educational use of OSKit


> I'm teaching an OS course for the first time, and I'm looking for some
good
> student projects.  Has anyone on the list used OSKit for student projects
in
> an OS course?  If so, how did it work out, and do you have any
> recommendations for others thinking of doing the same?
>
>

References:

Educational use of OSKit

From: "Kevin S. Van Horn" <Kevin_VanHorn@ndsu.NoDak.edu>