On 05/14/2014 03:33 AM, Arnd Bergmann wrote: >> >> Hi Arnd, >> >> From your comment above, can I assume we don't need this patchset any more? > > I won't require it, but it's not just my decision to make. > Linus has pushed extremely hard for it, and it *is* his decision to make. If you want an authoritative answer I guess we need to wait until Linus comes back. > Let's see what Peter Anvin and Thomas Gleixner think about it, as they > have argued strongly in favor of using 64-bit time_t for new architectures > in the past. I think it is downright looney to introduce a new ABI without a 64-bit time_t at this point. You are talking about a ktime_t; that is a kernel internal implementation detail which can be changed later once the appropriate kernel infrastructure is there, but we should make the change now to get the external ABIs right, then we can microoptimize the kernel internal implementation later. -hpa -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arch" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
