From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Aug 18 22:04:29 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA20083 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 18 Aug 1998 22:04:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp01.primenet.com (smtp01.primenet.com [206.165.6.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA20076 for ; Tue, 18 Aug 1998 22:04:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tlambert@usr06.primenet.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp01.primenet.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA04603; Tue, 18 Aug 1998 22:03:51 -0700 (MST) Received: from usr06.primenet.com(206.165.6.206) via SMTP by smtp01.primenet.com, id smtpd004518; Tue Aug 18 22:03:40 1998 Received: (from tlambert@localhost) by usr06.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA01910; Tue, 18 Aug 1998 22:03:38 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199808190503.WAA01910@usr06.primenet.com> Subject: Re: proposal to not change time_t To: jbryant@unix.tfs.net Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 05:03:38 +0000 (GMT) Cc: peter.jeremy@auss2.alcatel.com.au, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199808190235.VAA12287@unix.tfs.net> from "Jim Bryant" at Aug 18, 98 09:35:36 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > conversion would be best done in steps. if we do it now, it is likely > that our method could be adopted by the large commercial unix > companies out there, say five or ten years from now, sooner if they > want to stay ahead of Mickey$oft. > > i'm just surprised the csrg didn't do this. Like, what, reserving 32 bits adjacent, in the right byte order, in the struct dinode? 8-) 8-). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message