On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, Julian Elischer wrote: > On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, David G. Andersen wrote: > > > Are there compelling reasons not to change the socket buffer > > timeout to a u_long from a u_short? This variable stores > > the number of ticks before the socket operation times out. > > > > -Dave (not on -hackers anymore, please CC) > > I can see this in -current. > In -stable I'm not sure of the ramifications. It might screw up any > proprietary loadable protocols. I Think there are a couple of them.
The change sounds like a good idea, if we intend to keep socket timeouts useful. So that we don't get into binary compatibility issues with 5.0, the change should probably be made soon... Mike "Silby" Silbersack To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
