From owner-freebsd-arch Sun Mar 10 23:22: 9 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [212.242.86.163]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BF0437B402 for ; Sun, 10 Mar 2002 23:22:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g2B7Ljnp088791; Mon, 11 Mar 2002 08:21:45 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) To: Terry Lambert Cc: Garance A Drosihn , arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Increasing the size of dev_t and ino_t In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 10 Mar 2002 23:15:53 PST." <3C8C59A9.7B102EAA@mindspring.com> Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 08:21:45 +0100 Message-ID: <88790.1015831305@critter.freebsd.dk> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <3C8C59A9.7B102EAA@mindspring.com>, Terry Lambert writes: >Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: >> In message <3C8C03DB.E673B495@mindspring.com>, Terry Lambert writes: >> >> No, we can't change the size of struct stat (binary compatibility!) >> > >> >I think the first thing we would change, wee we to "go hog >> >wild" would be to make times in seconds 64 bits, anyway... >> >> If there were one thing I'd like to change, it would be Terrys ability >> to preach on issues he hasn't quite grasped the full implications off. >> >> The change I'd want is to turn that ability off. Entirely off. > >FWIW, and so that you understand what you have commented upon: FWIW, and so that you understand what you have commented upon: I was referring to your ability to talk and talk and talk without ever checking your facts or submitting patches. The fact that we not only have to read your emails but also debunk them to avoid your misleading people with the 15% of facts you got wrong is an incredible waste of time. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message