Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261465AbVEMV0U (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 May 2005 17:26:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262526AbVEMV0Q (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 May 2005 17:26:16 -0400 Received: from turing-police.cc.vt.edu ([128.173.14.107]:49417 "EHLO turing-police.cc.vt.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261465AbVEMVXV (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 May 2005 17:23:21 -0400 Message-Id: <200505132122.j4DLMRdU027493@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.2 01/07/2005 with nmh-1.1-RC3 To: Chris Friesen Cc: Bill Davidsen , linux-os@analogic.com, "Srinivas G." , linux-kernel-Mailing-list Subject: Re: Y2K-like bug to hit Linux computers! - Info of the day In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 13 May 2005 15:07:04 MDT." <428516F8.20100@nortel.com> From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu References: <4EE0CBA31942E547B99B3D4BFAB348114BED13@mail.esn.co.in> <200505131522.32403.vda@ilport.com.ua> <42850FC7.7010603@tmr.com> <200505132047.j4DKlcgV025923@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> <428516F8.20100@nortel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1116019347_4705P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 17:22:27 -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 989 Lines: 33 --==_Exmh_1116019347_4705P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Fri, 13 May 2005 15:07:04 MDT, Chris Friesen said: > Because that's what the maximum negative number gives? Good, somebody's paying attention. :) So what breaks if we change it to an 'unsigned int', and can we fix those issues before 2038, and will any of us here now *care* when an unsigned 32-bit overflows in 2106 or whenever it is? :) --==_Exmh_1116019347_4705P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQFChRqScC3lWbTT17ARAlZyAKCLQjks5MCiAnDSuHvkXc4qjpV29wCgmb6Y w/PYh/rZ6G6FMcXurMOV9AI= =G1Lh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1116019347_4705P-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/