pSOS fixes, ACE_PSOS_TM and ACE_Time_Value::max_time comments

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/ace/OS.cpp b/ace/OS.cpp
index 8c34cb1da6b..40824747ef4 100644
--- a/ace/OS.cpp
+++ b/ace/OS.cpp
@@ -215,7 +215,12 @@ ACE_EXIT_HOOK ACE_OS::exit_hook_ = 0;
 // Static constant representing `zero-time'.
 const ACE_Time_Value ACE_Time_Value::zero;
 
-// Static constant representing `maximum-time'.
+// Constant for maximum time representable.  Note that this time
+// is not intended for use with select () or other calls that may
+// have *their own* implementation-specific maximum time representations.
+// Its primary use is in time computations such as those used by the
+// dynamic subpriority strategies in the ACE_Dynamic_Message_Queue class.
+
 const ACE_Time_Value ACE_Time_Value::max_time (LONG_MAX,
                                                ACE_ONE_SECOND_IN_USECS - 1);