Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Tue, 30 Aug 2011 09:35:31 -0700 | | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | | Subject | Re: RFD: x32 ABI system call numbers |
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On 08/30/2011 05:09 AM, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > I'm wondering about the time_t changes: given that we are still adding > new 32 bit architectures, should we change the asm-generic API as well > to use 64 bit time_t by default (with fallbacks for the existing ones)? > > If you are adding support for these in x32 already, we could use the > same code for regular 32 bit architectures. >
It seems absolutely boggling insane that we're introducing new architectures with no legacy whatsoever and use 32-bit time_t on those.
-hpa
-- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
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