[PATCH v4 00/10] RISC-V glibc port for the 32-bit
Palmer Dabbelt
palmer@dabbelt.com
Tue Dec 11 19:08:00 GMT 2018
On Tue, 11 Dec 2018 09:48:07 PST (-0800), joseph@codesourcery.com wrote:
> On Sat, 8 Dec 2018, Palmer Dabbelt wrote:
>
>> * Fix both Linux (for 4.21) and our glibc port to use a 64-bit time_t ABI,
>> which should be possible at least for all core kernel functionality.
>
> Note that if you're planning for the glibc port to use only 64-bit time_t
> (like x32) rather than supporting different values of _TIME_BITS, it would
> be best for it also to use only 64-bit off_t etc. - as _TIME_BITS=64 will
> require _FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64, and I don't think we should have a port
> that's the odd one out in supporting 32-bit offsets with 64-bit times.
Makes sense to me.
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