[cs33211] Re: project 2 for Operating Systems

Mikhail Nesterenko mikhail at cs.kent.edu
Sun Mar 29 15:46:08 EDT 2009


> I had one question on how you want the program to work.  I did a
> hashing routing to fill the 100 pages into 10 frames originally.
> Once the memory location is filled, the program tries the hashing
> routine, and if unsuccessful, it uses a second chance algorithm to
> find the next usable location.
> 
> My question is:
> 
> Did you have a preference for the way the program initially finds
> the location within memory?  is a hashing algorithm OK?  or should
> the pages fill sequentially?
> 

There is no specification in the project assignment as to how the
memory frames are initially filled. So the simpler solution (that is,
filling them sequentially) would suffice. However, if you implemented
hashing it is also acceptable.

Thanks,
--
Mikhail


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