Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 20:12:33 +0200 From: Olivier Galibert <galibert@pobox.com> To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 64-bit time_t Message-ID: <19980814201233.A8962@loria.fr> In-Reply-To: <199808141526.JAA23467@lariat.lariat.org>; from Brett Glass on Fri, Aug 14, 1998 at 09:22:45AM -0600 References: <199808141115.FAA21672@lariat.lariat.org> <Pine.SGI.3.95.980814091311.18292A-100000@orion.aye.net> <199808141526.JAA23467@lariat.lariat.org>
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On Fri, Aug 14, 1998 at 09:22:45AM -0600, Brett Glass wrote: > I believe that Linux is already moving to a 64-bit time_t. The BSDs > are behind. Maybe that's why there's resistance here (I can't figure > out any LOGICAL reason for resisting this necessary change.) I has a far-from-zero cost on 32bits architectures, i.e. everything short of R8000, R10000, alphas and very recent sparcs. Guess why linux still isn't supporting >2Gb files on 32bits achitectures? OG. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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