Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 09:03:56 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: Stefan Esser <se@freebsd.org> Cc: cvs-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, cvs-sys@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/pci ncr.c Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980713090119.342F-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <199807122026.NAA04230@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Sun, 12 Jul 1998, Stefan Esser wrote: > se 1998/07/12 13:26:48 PDT > > Modified files: > sys/pci ncr.c > Log: > Fix size of time stamps (had been time_t before the variable "time" was > hidden). Now "ticks" are used, which are 4 byte, not 8 byte in size. > The size mismatch did not matter due to sufficient padding at the end > of the structure that holds time stamps (there is an unused member). > > The fix suggested by Bruce Evans used "sizeof (ticks_t)", but I prefer > to use "sizeof ticks", and didn't seem to object in his last mail on > this topic. Thanks Stefan. On the alpha, the damage was more severe since sizeof(struct timeval) was 16 instead of 8 bytes. I had a frustrating couple of days finding that out :-). -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 951 1891 Fax: +44 181 381 1039
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