Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 22:12:48 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> Cc: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG>, Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FYI: A thought on 64-bit time_t on Alpha Message-ID: <20011109221248.A13839@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20011109112356.D15768@kayak.xcllnt.net>; from marcel@xcllnt.net on Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 11:23:56AM -0800 References: <20011030225720.A39348@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net> <20011102073924.O94635@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au> <20011109104913.B51278@dragon.nuxi.com> <20011109112356.D15768@kayak.xcllnt.net>
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On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 11:23:56AM -0800, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 10:49:13AM -0800, David O'Brien wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 07:39:24AM +1100, Peter Jeremy wrote: > > > My feeling is that Alpha should move to 64-bit time. I realise that > > > it won't survive to 2038, but it is currently our reference 64-bit > > > platform. > > > > > Others have pointed out that the pain of porting FreeBSD to > > > a new 64-bit platform will be increased by having to simultaneously > > > manage a changed time_t size WRT i386. This pain can be minimised if > > > the 32-bit dependencies have been weeded out in the Alpha. > > > > Feh, by all 3 people using -current on their Alpha's? No thanks. > > Those 3 already have too any irons in the fire. > > This means that there are more FreeBSD/ia64 users than FreeBSD/alpha > users on -current. Somehow I don't think this is the case... Depends on what one calls a '-current user'. I build -current on one of my alphas every now and then. But that is hardly 'using' it. My production box is an Athlon. Are we looking for people who (almost) exclusively use FreeBSD/alpha? And to add to that, -current? -- | / o / /_ _ email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, The Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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