Re: [Ksummit-discuss] 2038 Kernel Summit Discussion Fodder

2015-09-18 Thread H. Peter Anvin
On 08/13/2014 01:06 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Wednesday 13 August 2014 03:06:53 Ben Hutchings wrote: >>> On the kernel side, it also adds more complexity, where we have to add >>> even more complex compat support for 64bit systems to handle all the >>> various 32bit applications possible. >>

Re: [Ksummit-discuss] 2038 Kernel Summit Discussion Fodder

2015-09-18 Thread H. Peter Anvin
On 08/13/2014 01:06 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Wednesday 13 August 2014 03:06:53 Ben Hutchings wrote: >>> On the kernel side, it also adds more complexity, where we have to add >>> even more complex compat support for 64bit systems to handle all the >>> various 32bit applications possible. >>

Re: [Ksummit-discuss] 2038 Kernel Summit Discussion Fodder

2014-08-13 Thread Arnd Bergmann
On Wednesday 13 August 2014 03:06:53 Ben Hutchings wrote: > > On the kernel side, it also adds more complexity, where we have to add > > even more complex compat support for 64bit systems to handle all the > > various 32bit applications possible. > [...] > > Didn't we need to do this already to

Re: [Ksummit-discuss] 2038 Kernel Summit Discussion Fodder

2014-08-13 Thread Arnd Bergmann
On Wednesday 13 August 2014 03:06:53 Ben Hutchings wrote: On the kernel side, it also adds more complexity, where we have to add even more complex compat support for 64bit systems to handle all the various 32bit applications possible. [...] Didn't we need to do this already to support

Re: [Ksummit-discuss] 2038 Kernel Summit Discussion Fodder

2014-08-12 Thread John Stultz
On 08/12/2014 07:06 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Tue, 2014-08-12 at 17:01 -0700, John Stultz wrote: > [...] >> The downsides here are many. The distros will probably hate this idea, > I certainly hate the idea of adding another 32-bit port to Debian. > I think that it's OK for traditional distros

Re: [Ksummit-discuss] 2038 Kernel Summit Discussion Fodder

2014-08-12 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Tue, 2014-08-12 at 17:01 -0700, John Stultz wrote: [...] > The downsides here are many. The distros will probably hate this idea, I certainly hate the idea of adding another 32-bit port to Debian. I think that it's OK for traditional distros to say 'just upgrade to 64bit' while you solve the

Re: [Ksummit-discuss] 2038 Kernel Summit Discussion Fodder

2014-08-12 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Tue, 2014-08-12 at 17:01 -0700, John Stultz wrote: [...] The downsides here are many. The distros will probably hate this idea, I certainly hate the idea of adding another 32-bit port to Debian. I think that it's OK for traditional distros to say 'just upgrade to 64bit' while you solve the

Re: [Ksummit-discuss] 2038 Kernel Summit Discussion Fodder

2014-08-12 Thread John Stultz
On 08/12/2014 07:06 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote: On Tue, 2014-08-12 at 17:01 -0700, John Stultz wrote: [...] The downsides here are many. The distros will probably hate this idea, I certainly hate the idea of adding another 32-bit port to Debian. I think that it's OK for traditional distros to