Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261231AbVEPCKG (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 May 2005 22:10:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261242AbVEPCKG (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 May 2005 22:10:06 -0400 Received: from hibernia.jakma.org ([212.17.55.49]:60824 "EHLO hibernia.jakma.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261231AbVEPCKC (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 May 2005 22:10:02 -0400 Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 03:09:44 +0100 (IST) From: Paul Jakma X-X-Sender: paul@sheen.jakma.org To: Helge Hafting cc: "Srinivas G." , linux-kernel-Mailing-list Subject: Re: Y2K-like bug to hit Linux computers! - Info of the day In-Reply-To: <20050515162059.GA26197@hh.idb.hist.no> Message-ID: References: <4EE0CBA31942E547B99B3D4BFAB348114BED13@mail.esn.co.in> <20050515162059.GA26197@hh.idb.hist.no> Mail-Followup-To: paul@hibernia.jakma.org X-NSA: arafat al aqsar jihad musharef jet-A1 avgas ammonium qran inshallah allah al-akbar martyr iraq saddam hammas hisballah rabin ayatollah korea vietnam revolt mustard gas british airways washington MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 833 Lines: 22 On Sun, 15 May 2005, Helge Hafting wrote: > 64-bit hardware is mainstream already. Just get an amd processor, > available in both stationary and portable models. Even micoroft > has noticed those, and linux support is old. > 32-bit will hang on for a while longer in the form of old hardware, > but not likely for another 33 years. You don't need 64bit hardware for a 64bit time_t. 64bit time_t is perfectly viable on 32bit platforms. regards, -- Paul Jakma paul@clubi.ie paul@jakma.org Key ID: 64A2FF6A Fortune: bureaucracy, n: A method for transforming energy into solid waste. - 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/