Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 11:34:33 -0500 From: Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org> To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> Cc: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>, Julian Elischer <julian@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/i386 dump_machdep.c Message-ID: <20021217113433.M61753@espresso.q9media.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0212161758380.11938-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>; from julian@elischer.org on Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 06:01:15PM -0800 References: <200212170108.gBH18V4r082434@apollo.backplane.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0212161758380.11938-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>
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Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> writes: > On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, Matthew Dillon wrote: > > Isn't it using off_t there? 64 bit offsets? > > yep it is now. > But I'm not going to depend on it > > If we change it and later someone makes off_t unsigneor changes it to an > unsigned value of some type (off_t is a bad choice I think) > then it will continue to work until someone's root partition > gets cleared. off_t is standardize, it will always be a signed integer type. Best regards, Mike Barcroft To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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