8.1 Kernel Architecture
8.2 Memory Management
8.3 Process Management (Scheduling)
8.4 Synchronization Primitives
8.5 Light-weight Processes
8.6 File Services
8.7 Extent File System
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8.7.1 File System Reorganizer
 
8.8 I/O Performance Improvement Options
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8.8.1 Asynchronous I/O
 8.8.2 Memory-mapped I/O (mmap())
 8.8.3 Direct I/O
 
8.9 64-bit API for 32-bit programs
8.10 NFS
8.11 MIPS Applications Binary Interface (ABI)
8.12 IRIX 4 and IRIX 5 Binary Compatibility
8.13 References