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by kukkamario 757 days ago
64-bit time has already been resolved in newer 32-bit Linux versions. Issue isn't that changing ABI couldn't be done. It is that no one wants to update OS and custom software of a 15-year-old embedded system that still works. Archeology to find correct instructions to build a working OS image is challenge itself and then there is a need to adapt them to more modern tools. Been there, done that, and it wasn't fun...