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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/i386 machdep.c
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On Sat, 23 Jun 2001, David O'Brien wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 03:38:55PM -0700, John Baldwin wrote:
> > Perhaps it should be a u_long on the alpha?
> 
> Is this a case where our ssize_t should be used for?

No.  ssize_t is only required to be large enough to hold the value
32767 in theory, and only 2G-1 in practice on i386's.

Bruce


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