PowerPC 64-bit time_t
Justin Hibbits
jhibbits at freebsd.org
Thu Jun 9 17:41:55 UTC 2016
At the devsummit earlier today I mentioned for FreeBSD 12 wanting 64-
bit time_t across the board. It was pointed out that the only ones
with 32-bit time_t are i386 and powerpc (32-bit). I've made the
changes necessary for at least kernel (world is still building right
now), but it's obviously an ABI and KBI incompatible change.
Addressing KBI is a nonissue, as that's expected to break at major
releases. ABI is another issue. I'm unsure how to properly address
ABI breakage -- bumping libc's .so version, or reversion all symbols
that use something with time_t, or something else. If I can address
it before the code freeze, it could be done for FreeBSD 11, which
leaves about 6 hours from now.
Any thoughts?
- Justin
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