In message 20041008215519.11048.qmail@web13827.mail.yahoo.com you wrote:
Hou could you fix this? U-Boot will probably not even be running when the rollover happens,
I seem to recall the Cobol programmers saying this before Y2K.:-)
I think you misinterpret my statement.
I mean that U-Boot is just a boot loader, used mostly in embedded systems which often run in 24/7/365.25 mode. Only a tiny fraction of the total system time will ever be spent in U-Boot. Chances that the roll-over happens while an OS (or some other software) is running are magnitudes bigger than that we see this event in U-Boot.
So calculate the probability that (1) the same hardware will still be used in 2094, (2) it will still run U-Boot, and (3) the roll-over happens exactly during a reboot of the system.
Now how much effort do you intend to spend on solving such a problem?
My recommendation is: document and ignore it. It's a feature (read: limitation) of the hardware, and this type of hardware will go out of existence soon enough.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk