IT Question
- Why are some device drivers not compiled into the kernel?
- Most if not all desktops do not do a thing for preventing, avoiding, or detecting deadlocks. Explain why this is not a good design decision.
- What four conditions must be present for a deadlock to occur? Explain (Lecture 14)
- Mutual exclusion
- Hold and wait
- No preemption
- Circular wait
- What are three methods of recovery from deadlock? (Lecture 14)
- For an interactive system, what metric is critical to the user (the person) acceptance and which scheduling algorithm is best to ensure its meet?