Re: sys_time() not working on 64-bit processor

Maciej W. Rozycki (macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl)
Tue, 4 Jun 2002 17:36:56 +0200 (MET DST)


On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, Kjeld Borch Egevang wrote:

> I'm currently running on a 64-bit version of Linux on a MIPS processor
> (int == 32 bit, long == 64 bit). I noticed that the time() system call did
> not work.
>
> Is there any reason why sys_time() (and sys_stime()) in kernel/time.c is
> defined with an int pointer?

The syscalls are obsolete and do not even attempt to work on 64-bit
systems. It's all explained there.

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