linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] LinuxPPS (with new syscalls API)

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Message-ID: <20070711163238.GD16703@enneenne.com>
Date:	Wed, 11 Jul 2007 18:32:39 +0200
From:	Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@...eenne.com>
To:	Lennart Sorensen <lsorense@...lub.uwaterloo.ca>
Cc:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] LinuxPPS (with new syscalls API) - new version

On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 11:22:38AM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 10:06:34AM +0200, Rodolfo Giometti wrote:
> > My question is: how can I fit a 64 bits number of seconds into
> > timespec structure which, for 32 bits architetures, has a 32 bits bits
> > number of seconds?
> 
> I imagine you can't.  I have no idea if there are any intensions to
> change the definition of timespec on 32bit architectures, or if the
> thought is that they will all be dead before it becomes a problem. :)
> 
> I still think the API you define for PPS should support 64bit seconds,
> even if on some systems you can't take advantage of it.

So on 32 bits systems I simply drop the high part of the second
data... is that right?

Ciao,

Rodolfo

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