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Ah, makes sense. That is a real issue for Linux and how distros will handle that. Besides cutting 32 bit userland support.
by csdreamer7 3y ago
Ah, makes sense. That is a real issue for Linux and how distros will handle that. Besides cutting 32 bit userland support.
- extraduder_ire 3y agoHasn't 32bit linux used 64 bit time for a while now? Or at least had it available.
- cperciva 3y agoYeah, we considered following Linux's lead by creating a new "i386 with 64-bit time_t" ABI but frankly nobody was interested in doing a lot of work for probably very little benefit.
- csdreamer7 3y agoKinda, apps need to be ported to it, or your C library needs to be sneaky about it. https://lwn.net/Articles/757042/ https://lwn.net/Articles/757042/ If anyone has a newer article, feel free to share.