8 files changed, 16 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/lib/posix/epoll.nim b/lib/posix/epoll.nim
index c5ed1a873..2d38137bb 100644
--- a/lib/posix/epoll.nim
+++ b/lib/posix/epoll.nim
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #    distribution, for details about the copyright.
 #
 
-{.deadCodeElim:on.}
+{.deadCodeElim: on.}  # dce option deprecated
 
 from posix import SocketHandle
 
diff --git a/lib/posix/inotify.nim b/lib/posix/inotify.nim
index a206f8067..359e88617 100644
--- a/lib/posix/inotify.nim
+++ b/lib/posix/inotify.nim
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #    distribution, for details about the copyright.
 #
 
-{.deadCodeElim:on.}
+{.deadCodeElim: on.}  # dce option deprecated
 
 # Get the platform-dependent flags.
 # Structure describing an inotify event.
diff --git a/lib/posix/kqueue.nim b/lib/posix/kqueue.nim
index 730491a53..18b47f5d5 100644
--- a/lib/posix/kqueue.nim
+++ b/lib/posix/kqueue.nim
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 #    distribution, for details about the copyright.
 #
 
-{.deadCodeElim:on.}
-
 from posix import Timespec
 
 when defined(macosx) or defined(freebsd) or defined(openbsd) or
@@ -61,7 +59,7 @@ const
   EV_CLEAR*    = 0x0020 ## Clear event state after reporting.
   EV_RECEIPT*  = 0x0040 ## Force EV_ERROR on success, data == 0
   EV_DISPATCH* = 0x0080 ## Disable event after reporting.
-  
+
   EV_SYSFLAGS* = 0xF000 ## Reserved by system
   EV_DROP*     = 0x1000 ## Not should be dropped
   EV_FLAG1*    = 0x2000 ## Filter-specific flag
@@ -87,10 +85,10 @@ when defined(macosx) or defined(freebsd) or defined(dragonfly):
     NOTE_FFAND*      = 0x40000000'u32 ## AND fflags
     NOTE_FFOR*       = 0x80000000'u32 ## OR fflags
     NOTE_FFCOPY*     = 0xc0000000'u32 ## copy fflags
-    NOTE_FFCTRLMASK* = 0xc0000000'u32 ## masks for operations 
+    NOTE_FFCTRLMASK* = 0xc0000000'u32 ## masks for operations
     NOTE_FFLAGSMASK* = 0x00ffffff'u32
 
-    NOTE_TRIGGER*    = 0x01000000'u32 ## Cause the event to be triggered 
+    NOTE_TRIGGER*    = 0x01000000'u32 ## Cause the event to be triggered
                                       ## for output.
 
 # data/hint flags for EVFILT_{READ|WRITE}, shared with userspace
diff --git a/lib/posix/linux.nim b/lib/posix/linux.nim
index 6f9f75e34..25c7c7979 100644
--- a/lib/posix/linux.nim
+++ b/lib/posix/linux.nim
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{.deadCodeElim:on.}
+{.deadCodeElim: on.}  # dce option deprecated
 
 import posix
 
diff --git a/lib/posix/posix.nim b/lib/posix/posix.nim
index a23d76050..3ff156bdf 100644
--- a/lib/posix/posix.nim
+++ b/lib/posix/posix.nim
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@
 ## resulting C code will just ``#include <XYZ.h>`` and *not* define the
 ## symbols declared here.
 
-# This ensures that we don't accidentally generate #includes for files that
-# might not exist on a specific platform! The user will get an error only
-# if they actualy try to use the missing declaration
-{.deadCodeElim: on.}
+# Dead code elimination ensures that we don't accidentally generate #includes
+# for files that might not exist on a specific platform! The user will get an
+# error only if they actualy try to use the missing declaration
+{.deadCodeElim: on.}  # dce option deprecated
 
 # TODO these constants don't seem to be fetched from a header file for unknown
 #      platforms - where do they come from and why are they here?
diff --git a/lib/posix/posix_linux_amd64.nim b/lib/posix/posix_linux_amd64.nim
index 9e6211b63..4f114d394 100644
--- a/lib/posix/posix_linux_amd64.nim
+++ b/lib/posix/posix_linux_amd64.nim
@@ -351,8 +351,8 @@ type
 
   Timeval* {.importc: "struct timeval", header: "<sys/select.h>",
              final, pure.} = object ## struct timeval
-    tv_sec*: clong       ## Seconds.
-    tv_usec*: clong ## Microseconds.
+    tv_sec*: Time       ## Seconds.
+    tv_usec*: Suseconds ## Microseconds.
   TFdSet* {.importc: "fd_set", header: "<sys/select.h>",
            final, pure.} = object
     abi: array[1024 div (8 * sizeof(clong)), clong]
diff --git a/lib/posix/posix_other.nim b/lib/posix/posix_other.nim
index 01bc1c1e5..004a4205b 100644
--- a/lib/posix/posix_other.nim
+++ b/lib/posix/posix_other.nim
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #    distribution, for details about the copyright.
 #
 
-{.deadCodeElim:on.}
+{.deadCodeElim: on.}  # dce option deprecated
 
 const
   hasSpawnH = not defined(haiku) # should exist for every Posix system nowadays
@@ -335,8 +335,8 @@ type
 
   Timeval* {.importc: "struct timeval", header: "<sys/select.h>",
              final, pure.} = object ## struct timeval
-    tv_sec*: int       ## Seconds.
-    tv_usec*: int ## Microseconds.
+    tv_sec*: Time ## Seconds.
+    tv_usec*: Suseconds ## Microseconds.
   TFdSet* {.importc: "fd_set", header: "<sys/select.h>",
            final, pure.} = object
   Mcontext* {.importc: "mcontext_t", header: "<ucontext.h>",
diff --git a/lib/posix/termios.nim b/lib/posix/termios.nim
index f86e408fb..60d540107 100644
--- a/lib/posix/termios.nim
+++ b/lib/posix/termios.nim
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #    distribution, for details about the copyright.
 #
 
-{.deadCodeElim: on.}
+{.deadCodeElim: on.}  # dce option deprecated
 import posix
 
 type