From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Aug 14 11:14:33 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA11477 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 11:14:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lorraine.loria.fr (lorraine.loria.fr [152.81.1.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA11464 for ; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 11:14:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Olivier.Galibert@loria.fr) Received: from renaissance.loria.fr (renaissance.loria.fr [152.81.4.102]) by lorraine.loria.fr (8.8.7/8.8.7/8.8.7/JCG) with ESMTP id UAA29887 for ; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 20:12:36 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (from galibert@localhost) by renaissance.loria.fr (8.8.2/8.8.2) id UAA08971; Fri, 14 Aug 1998 20:12:34 +0200 (MET DST) Message-ID: <19980814201233.A8962@loria.fr> Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 20:12:33 +0200 From: Olivier Galibert To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 64-bit time_t References: <199808141115.FAA21672@lariat.lariat.org> <199808141526.JAA23467@lariat.lariat.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199808141526.JAA23467@lariat.lariat.org>; from Brett Glass on Fri, Aug 14, 1998 at 09:22:45AM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Aug 14, 1998 at 09:22:45AM -0600, Brett Glass wrote: > I believe that Linux is already moving to a 64-bit time_t. The BSDs > are behind. Maybe that's why there's resistance here (I can't figure > out any LOGICAL reason for resisting this necessary change.) I has a far-from-zero cost on 32bits architectures, i.e. everything short of R8000, R10000, alphas and very recent sparcs. Guess why linux still isn't supporting >2Gb files on 32bits achitectures? OG. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message