linux-kernel - Re: [RFC6 PATCH v6 00/21] ILP32 for ARM64

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Date:	Thu, 7 Apr 2016 14:28:43 +0200
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Yury Norov <ynorov@...iumnetworks.com>
Cc:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>,
	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
	Andrew Pinski <pinskia@...il.com>,
	Prasun Kapoor <Prasun.Kapoor@...iumnetworks.com>,
	Andreas Schwab <schwab@...e.de>,
	Nathan Lynch <Nathan_Lynch@...tor.com>,
	Alexander Graf <agraf@...e.de>,
	Alexey Klimov <klimov.linux@...il.com>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
	"Joseph S. Myers" <joseph@...esourcery.com>,
	christoph.muellner@...obroma-systems.com,
	bamvor.zhangjian@...wei.com,
	"linux-doc@...r.kernel.org" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux-Arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-s390 <linux-s390@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC6 PATCH v6 00/21] ILP32 for ARM64

On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 2:29 PM, Yury Norov <ynorov@...iumnetworks.com> wrote:
>> We're already closer to the (future) y2038 than to the (past) introduction of
>> LP64...
>
> This is not about Y2038 at all. In fact, current version doesn't fix
> Y2038 problem, as we decided finally.

Indeed. So these legacy applications have to be fixed later anyway.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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