Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 14:05:28 -0500 From: Garance A Drosihn <drosih@rpi.edu> To: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FYI: A thought on 64-bit time_t on Alpha Message-ID: <p05101004b805f7c826f5@[128.113.24.47]> In-Reply-To: <20011030225720.A39348@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net> References: <20011030225720.A39348@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net>
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At 10:57 PM -0800 10/30/01, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: >We all seem to be of the opinion that the 64-bit archs should >have a 64-bit time_t. The question that is unanswered at this >time is whether this includes the Alpha. > >What I want to avoid is that Alpha will continue to be the odd >one even if it's not anymore the only 64-bit arch (or even the >only "other" arch). I think this is an issue for the main alpha users to decide, but I would note that there are two ways to think of it. One is *whether* alpha time_t should be 64-bit, and the second is *when* it should go to 64-bit. I think all the new platforms (sparc64 and ia-64, at least) should be 64-bit time_t's for 5.0-release. For alpha users, it might be less painful if alpha remained 32-bit for 5.0-release, and then consider making time_t 64-bit for 6.0-release. That way, Alpha users can feel more comfortable that the most of the 64-bit issues will have been addressed. -- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.acs.rpi.edu Senior Systems Programmer or gad@freebsd.org Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute or drosih@rpi.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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