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Re: struct stat
Geoff Keating wrote:
> > > (Of course, you'd use a real `long long' in the kernel and libc.)
> >
> > When you say "you," I hope you mean "libc developers..." :)
>
> As in, "You would have..."?
>
> I think that needs to be done by kernel developers. It would be
> inefficient to do in the libc. I believe the kernel doesn't yet use
> 64-bit device numbers, so it's just another thing to take into account
> when making the change.
Right. But shouldn't the hearder be changed to allow compilers that
don't
have long long support to compile software? I'm not just thinking of
our compiler here. There are many others out there.
-Dave