Re: BSD XFS Port & BSD VFS Rewrite

[Ronald G. Minnich]

I lost track of the quotes. 

> > | --- With the help of Veritas Software Corp., SGI will work to add
> > | key features of its Irix operating system to the Linux platform.
> > | Currently, Irix runs on the MIPS platform. Once SGI switches
> > | entirely to Intel Corp.'s IA/64 platform, that will be the end of
> > | Irix. 
> > |
> > | SGI is also forming an alliance with NEC Corp. to increase its
> > | market share in Japan.
> > These paragraphs are contradictory.  It implies an end to MIPS.

an end to irix and an end to MIPS on desktop and server platforms has no
big effect on MIPS processors. The big volume for MIPS is embedded, or so
I am told. 

For an interesting take on all this visit www.mipsabi.org

ron




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