Copyright 1992 - 1993 MIPS ABI group
Permission to use, copy, and distribute this specification to
support application development and portability is hereby granted.
IMPORTANT NOTE TO USERS
While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of all
information in this specification, the contributing vendor
companies assume no liability to any party for any loss or damage
caused by errors or omissions in this specification.
TRADEMARKS
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RISC/os is a trademark of MIPS Technologies, Inc.
PostScript is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems, Inc.
UNIX is a registered trademark of UNIX System Laboratories.
OSF/Motif and Motif are trademarks of the Open Software Foundation Inc.
X Window System is a trademark of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Silicon Graphics is a registered trademark of Silicon Graphics, Inc.
IRIX is a trademark of Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Revision History:
- 1.0
First formally approved revision.
- 1.0.1
Minor corrections and changes.
- 1.1
First major revision to reflect agreed upon new functionality
that is part of the ABI. Added X11R5 and OSF/Motif 1.2 as required
interfaces. Added comments about the relationship to OCMP. Introduced
Asynchronous I/O and tape ioctls as future directions. Introduced
_xstat and _lstat as required interfaces. Introduced extended GOT as
future direction.
- 1.1.1
Mark IRIX 5.1 and IRIS Development Option 3.17 + ABI changes as
the reference platform. Add abicc and abild arguments. Minor
cleanup. No functionality changes.
- 1.1.2
Approved version. Mark IRIX 5.2 and IRIS Development Option
3.18 as the reference platform. Revise future directions statement to
reflect functionality approved for revision 1.2. No functionality
changes.
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