Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 11:23:56 -0800 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> To: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FYI: A thought on 64-bit time_t on Alpha Message-ID: <20011109112356.D15768@kayak.xcllnt.net> In-Reply-To: <20011109104913.B51278@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <20011030225720.A39348@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net> <20011102073924.O94635@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au> <20011109104913.B51278@dragon.nuxi.com>
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On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 10:49:13AM -0800, David O'Brien wrote: > On Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 07:39:24AM +1100, Peter Jeremy wrote: > > My feeling is that Alpha should move to 64-bit time. I realise that > > it won't survive to 2038, but it is currently our reference 64-bit > > platform. > > > Others have pointed out that the pain of porting FreeBSD to > > a new 64-bit platform will be increased by having to simultaneously > > manage a changed time_t size WRT i386. This pain can be minimised if > > the 32-bit dependencies have been weeded out in the Alpha. > > Feh, by all 3 people using -current on their Alpha's? No thanks. > Those 3 already have too any irons in the fire. This means that there are more FreeBSD/ia64 users than FreeBSD/alpha users on -current. Somehow I don't think this is the case... -- Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel@xcllnt.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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