Re: setsockopt() compat issue

[Brian Ginsbach <ginsbach%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 05:53:22PM -0400, Greg A. Woods; Planix, Inc. wrote:
> A better argument as to why NetBSD uses I32LP64 on those architectures 
> where ILP64 might make more sense would be to say that it was simply easier 
> to follow the herd than to try to ride against them all no matter how bogus 
> were the arguments used by the herd to choose their direction.

You don't really want to see a BSD networking stack on a ILP64
system.  It isn't pretty.  Cray's UNICOS and UNICOS/mk used a BSD
networking stack and both were ILP64.  The code is fully of fun
stuff to make up for no native I32...