On Sat, Oct 08, 2005 at 06:54:22AM +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote: > On Fri, 2005-Oct-07 20:17:43 +0200, Andreas Kohn wrote: > >As SUSv2 wants tv_sec to be time_t[1], would it be possible to change > >this to time_t on all but alpha? I guess alpha will not receive a switch > >to long anymore[2]. > > tv_sec and time_t are int on Alpha for compatability with Tru64. Since > the Alpha is now a dead architecture and no longer a tier-1 FreeBSD > platform, it's unlikely anyone will expend the effort to change them.
If that is the only reason, make it use time_t and add a fake field on Alpha before or after it (not sure of the byte order) to keep the alignment. Joerg _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
