From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 10 10:09:07 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6F2716A4CE; Wed, 10 Mar 2004 10:09:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU (electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU [128.205.32.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87E3343D45; Wed, 10 Mar 2004 10:09:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU) Received: from electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU (kensmith@localhost [127.0.0.1]) i2AI972Z022757; Wed, 10 Mar 2004 13:09:07 -0500 (EST) Received: (from kensmith@localhost) by electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.12.10/8.12.9/Submit) id i2AI96KV022756; Wed, 10 Mar 2004 13:09:06 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 13:09:06 -0500 From: Ken Smith To: Garance A Drosihn Message-ID: <20040310180906.GB20885@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: current@freebsd.org cc: sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP! MAJOR change to FreeBSD/sparc64 X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 18:09:08 -0000 On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 01:00:07PM -0500, Garance A Drosihn wrote: > The long-threatened change for FreeBSD/sparc64 has now been > committed. This changes time_t to be a 64-bit quantity, the > same as it is for the AMD64 and IA64 architectures. People > running FreeBSD/sparc64 *will* have to read the UPDATING.64BTT > file for instructions on how to safely build and install this > change. I'll get started on a new snapshot build of -current as of shortly after this commit and replace the ISO image in snapshots/sparc64 on the FreeBSD mirror sites (well, the ones that carry snapshots/ anyway). When it's in place I'll let you know. Probably two or three days. As a reminder, Garance's instructions have been excellent so far. I'm just doing this in case someone does wind up having problems and ends up with a machine that won't boot. Installing from this snapshot once it's built would start you off with a machine that already has the 64-bit time_t change done so you wouldn't need to re-attempt the upgrade. -- Ken Smith - From there to here, from here to | kensmith@cse.buffalo.edu there, funny things are everywhere. | - Theodore Geisel |