Re: BSD XFS Port & BSD VFS Rewrite

[Terry Lambert]

> 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

Uh, that site is dead, as of the end of this month.  See the
first link ("announcement").


                                        Terry Lambert
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