all current BSD and Linux systems uses 64bit counter for the system time since years. But there may be various embedded systems which get in trouble...
@Khurram Wadee I dont's think so. I remember well, there were a ton of systems and applications which got updates before Y2000. Not obvious for normal people, but for system administrators and developers.
But sure: a lot of older equipment will have troubles.
@Khurram Wadee most embedded systems vendors I know are aware of this problem.
But I see two cases: Old embedded devices in the field where nobody thinks about timing issues and an unknown number of devices without updated applications. Embedded 32bit Linux systems with a kernel below 5.6 will likely have some problems.
haven't found any information if the Minix in the ME uses 32bit time_t
Yes, it's the old devices, sometimes mission critical, which are the danger. I don't know about ME either, just that it runs a type of UNIX and there citould be an issue there.
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in reply to anonymiss • • •all current BSD and Linux systems uses 64bit counter for the system time since years. But there may be various embedded systems which get in trouble...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem
problem affecting digital systems that store system time as a signed 32-bit integer
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in reply to anonymiss • • •@Khurram Wadee I dont's think so. I remember well, there were a ton of systems and applications which got updates before Y2000. Not obvious for normal people, but for system administrators and developers.
But sure: a lot of older equipment will have troubles.
Khurram Wadee
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in reply to anonymiss • • •@Khurram Wadee most embedded systems vendors I know are aware of this problem.
But I see two cases: Old embedded devices in the field where nobody thinks about timing issues and an unknown number of devices without updated applications. Embedded 32bit Linux systems with a kernel below 5.6 will likely have some problems.
haven't found any information if the Minix in the ME uses 32bit time_t
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in reply to anonymiss • • •#Year2038Bug: What is it? How to solve it?
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2012589/year-2038-bug-what-is-it-how-to-solve-it#2012620
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