Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2005 06:54:22 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au> To: Andreas Kohn <andreas.kohn@gmx.net> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: struct timeval: why is tv_sec long? Message-ID: <20051007205422.GW72352@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> In-Reply-To: <1128709063.1022.9.camel@klamath.syndrom23.de> References: <1128644542.1273.36.camel@klamath.syndrom23.de> <20051007162846.GB12691@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <1128709063.1022.9.camel@klamath.syndrom23.de>
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On Fri, 2005-Oct-07 20:17:43 +0200, Andreas Kohn wrote: >As SUSv2 wants tv_sec to be time_t[1], would it be possible to change >this to time_t on all but alpha? I guess alpha will not receive a switch >to long anymore[2]. tv_sec and time_t are int on Alpha for compatability with Tru64. Since the Alpha is now a dead architecture and no longer a tier-1 FreeBSD platform, it's unlikely anyone will expend the effort to change them. -- Peter Jeremy
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