[OpenAFS] HELP! We 've lost our sync site

[Derek Atkins]

Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu> writes:

> Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU> writes:
>
>> Well, we DO still have a Y2038 issue..  (or is it 2034?).. when
>> it will overfill beyond 2^31.
>
>> But we'll have moved to 64-bit ints by then... Right?? ;)
>
> 64-bit ints won't solve this particular problem since we're talking about
> a network protocol, yes?  Hosts with 64-bit ints would be required to keep
> talking to existing hosts with the same network interface.
>
> Or does the network protocol already allow for 64-bit values?

My point was that by then we would fix the protocol to use 64-bit
values...  You don't need 64-bit CPUs to have 64-bit time values.

-derek
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