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Date:      Fri, 9 Nov 2001 11:23:56 -0800
From:      Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net>
To:        "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FYI: A thought on 64-bit time_t on Alpha
Message-ID:  <20011109112356.D15768@kayak.xcllnt.net>
In-Reply-To: <20011109104913.B51278@dragon.nuxi.com>
References:  <20011030225720.A39348@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net> <20011102073924.O94635@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au> <20011109104913.B51278@dragon.nuxi.com>

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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...

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 Marcel Moolenaar	  USPA: A-39004		 marcel@xcllnt.net

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