Re: [PATCH] [2/5] Use 2000 offset for 32bit kernels

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Wed Feb 20 2008 - 05:23:37 EST


On Wednesday 20 February 2008 11:07:02 Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Feb 2008, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > On Sat, 9 Feb 2008, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > >
> > > We know it is already after 2000.
> > >
> > > This extends the effective lifetime of 32bit systems by 8 years:
> > > from 2030 to 2038.
>
> Could you please explain what magic math does the 2030 -> 2038
> extension ?

Hmm, yes on rechecking I also don't know how I got the original
conclusion.

-Andi

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