That's right. Not only the actual implementation but more the API do not support 64bit values being passed around. jeff
> Hi Andy, > > The specific concern is that (e.g.) the BIO seek and tell operations use > long for parameters, which on some 64-bit systems is still 32 bits. > > They need to use size_t or a specific 64-bit type. > > Erik > > .................................... > Erik Tkal > Juniper OAC/UAC/Pulse Development > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-openssl-...@openssl.org > [mailto:owner-openssl-...@openssl.org] On Behalf Of Andy Polyakov > Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 1:19 PM > To: openssl-dev@openssl.org > Subject: Re: FWD: Enhancement Request: 64bit BIO API > > [...] > > Are we talking about file BIO? It should be 64-bit on 64-bit [Unix] > platforms. "Should be" refers to the fact that I've looked at it some > point and reckoned that it is and as far as 32-bit platforms go best one > can do is to ensure that large files can be accessed sequentially (see > comment in bss_file.c). "[Unix]" refers to the fact that it would be a > problem on Win64, because long is 32 bits wide and it's problematic to > pass 64-bit values in file_ctrl, pass by value. > > In other words what is specific concern? A. ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org Development Mailing List openssl-dev@openssl.org Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org
