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

Hi,

On Tuesday 10 July 2007, Lennart Sorensen wrote:

> On Sun, Jul 01, 2007 at 09:24:41PM +0200, Rodolfo Giometti wrote:
> >     struct pps_timedata_s {
> >        __32 sec;
> >        __32 nsec;
> >     }
> >
> > Ok? I think 32 bits are enought for keeping seconds... :)
>
> You want to purposely define an API that will break in 23 years (or is
> that 83 years since you made it unsigned potentially)?

This is really not an API that needs to deal with such large time range.

bye, Roman
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