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Date:	Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:42:41 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
Cc:	Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@...mvista.com>,
	Wu Zhangjin <wuzhangjin@...il.com>, linux-mips@...ux-mips.org,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Michal Simek <monstr@...str.eu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] MIPS: Add a high resolution sched_clock() via
 cnt32_to_63().


* Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org> wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 07:06:16PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> > >   MIPS's is not really a proper English. :-)
> > 
> > AFAIK 'MIPS' is not the plural of 'MIP' (but an acronym ending with 
> > 'S'), hence the possessive form would be MIPS's.
> 
> MIPS Technologies' IP lawyers insist that MIPS is a proper name and 
> not an acronym - this position has certain advantages in trademark 
> law.

That too seems to support my point that "MIPS's" is the right spelling.

	Ingo
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