Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 18:43:02 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: obrien@FreeBSD.org Cc: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>, Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, arch@FreeBSD.org, Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: time_t not to change size on x86 Message-ID: <200110290243.f9T2h2c04281@mass.dis.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 28 Oct 2001 17:17:54 PST." <20011028171754.F32015@dragon.nuxi.com>
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> On Sat, Oct 27, 2001 at 02:39:24AM -0700, John Baldwin wrote:
> > I think changing the 386 would be the wrong thing to do. At the very
> > least, it should be changed last. First change the 64-bit archs to use
> > a 64-bit time_t (i..e., make time_t a 'long').
>
> Alpha should be changed when i386 is.
This is part of the point in using 'long'; there's an implicit assumption
that the Alpha, long our 64-bit testbed will bear the brunt of the
confusion in the early stages of the migration.
Being an Alpha supporter has never been easy. 8(
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