The following reply was made to PR kern/36556; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: matthew green <mrg@eterna.com.au>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: kern-bug-people@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,
	netbsd-bugs@netbsd.org
Subject: re: kern/36556: sys/dev/biovar.h defines bv_size and bd_size as size_t which can be only 32 bits 
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 05:29:37 +1000

    	
    	
      The bd_size and bv_size fields should be defined as ssize_t or off_t
      (I'm not sure what the correct definition of ssize_t is, but off_t
      is used for 64 bit offsets).
 
 
 size_t is as wrong as ssize_t - they are the same size, just different
 signedness.  i would use some explicit 64 bit value instead of off_t.
 
 
 .mrg.