linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/25] Change time_t and clock

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Date:	Tue, 13 May 2014 20:15:24 +0200
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ley Foon Tan <lftan@...era.com>,
	Linux-Arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	LeyFoon Tan <lftan.linux@...il.com>,
	Chung-Lin Tang <cltang@...esourcery.com>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/25] Change time_t and clock_t to 64 bit

On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 7:46 PM, Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org> wrote:
>> and it
>> would be dumb as hell to have new archs use time_t 32bit when we are
>> currently twisting our brain around how to solve the y2038
>> problem. Simply because we can not do the BSD flag day approach and
>> change it.
>
> I don't think it's a good idea to have minor new architectures
> pointlessly different than the major ones.  Especially given that we'll
> absolutely have to fir the y2038 problem for 32-bit arm and probably
> x86 anyway.

Considering someone just told me he plans to keep on using PPC
based MVME boards for 8 more years, you can expect some of today's
32-bit hardware to be around in 24 years...

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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