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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
Cc: ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org,
	lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>,
	"Joseph S. Myers" <joseph@codesourcery.com>
Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] (Resend) 2038 Kernel Summit Discussion Fodder
Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 11:07:52 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <540DF078.3030601@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140908185544.621022b6@alan.etchedpixels.co.uk>

On 09/08/2014 10:55 AM, One Thousand Gnomes wrote:
>> Today, there's good chance there's linux somewhere in your car. (Dashboard,
>> entertainment system). People like to keep cars from 1910 working, and I suspect
>> that is not going to change.
>>
>> So yes, in 2038 people will be running 32bit linux.
>>
>> Whether there will be people putting 32bit linux into new devices is a question,
>> but I suspect answer is still yes.
> 
> I'm currently trying to add 64bit longlong support to an initial PCC 8086
> compiler port so I can fix that for some 16bit projects 8-)
> 
> My 8bit machines are mostly 2038 safe already.
> 

Back in 1985 I decided to Y2K-test my ABC800 8-bit computer.  It passed
(they had implemented a windowed year solution which breaks in 2070 or
2080, as I recall.)

	-hpa

      reply	other threads:[~2014-09-08 18:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-08-13  0:08 John Stultz
2014-08-13  1:33 ` josh
2014-08-13  1:37   ` Andy Lutomirski
2014-08-13  9:18     ` Catalin Marinas
2014-08-13  3:45   ` John Stultz
2014-08-13 20:27     ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-08-13 21:35 ` Arnd Bergmann
2014-08-27 18:34 ` John Stultz
2014-08-23 22:26   ` Pavel Machek
2014-09-08 17:55     ` One Thousand Gnomes
2014-09-08 18:07       ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]

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