Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2016 13:41:52 -0400 From: Justin Hibbits <jhibbits@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: PowerPC 64-bit time_t Message-ID: <3FB65E20-0376-4041-86DE-F8CAB7F37314@freebsd.org>
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At the devsummit earlier today I mentioned for FreeBSD 12 wanting 64- bit time_t across the board. It was pointed out that the only ones with 32-bit time_t are i386 and powerpc (32-bit). I've made the changes necessary for at least kernel (world is still building right now), but it's obviously an ABI and KBI incompatible change. Addressing KBI is a nonissue, as that's expected to break at major releases. ABI is another issue. I'm unsure how to properly address ABI breakage -- bumping libc's .so version, or reversion all symbols that use something with time_t, or something else. If I can address it before the code freeze, it could be done for FreeBSD 11, which leaves about 6 hours from now. Any thoughts? - Justin
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