Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:26:09 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> To: Arthur Hartwig <Arthur.Hartwig@nokia.com> Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: f_offset Message-ID: <20080414092609.GA73016@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <48031A9D.3050806@nokia.com> References: <20080412132457.W43186@desktop> <480313A2.4050306@nokia.com> <20080413222626.X959@desktop> <48031A9D.3050806@nokia.com>
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--45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 06:49:33PM +1000, Arthur Hartwig wrote: >Do you also have to handle i386 and i486? i386 hasn't been supported for some time. i486 remains supported but only for UP systems. This means that 64-bit f_offset ops could be managed by using DI/EI (which is probably going to be cheaper than an explicit lock). SMP is only supported on Pentium and later. Of course, there sre still the ARM, MIPS and PPC architectures to support. --=20 Peter Jeremy Please excuse any delays as the result of my ISP's inability to implement an MTA that is either RFC2821-compliant or matches their claimed behaviour. --45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.8 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkgDIzEACgkQ/opHv/APuIc5igCglQDPahkPkl5H12G3JQgUGsRI OS0AoJMtqax+i/2IPqvKeF1r8WKe3oWs =4fTR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --45Z9DzgjV8m4Oswq--
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