Re: (Resend) 2038 Kernel Summit Discussion Fodder

[One Thousand Gnomes]

> 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.

Alan
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