Serious question: How long does it take to get 64bit into ARM?

[Russell King - ARM Linux]

On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 02:16:54AM +0200, Michelle Konzack wrote:
> Hello Arm Developers,
> 
> Applied Micro Circuits (AMCC) has now presented its new 64bit ARM µC:
> 
>     <http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2395449,00.asp>
> 
> and I like to know, how long it take, to  get  64bit  support  into  the
> Kernel.

It won't happen until there's some concrete technical documentation or
example implementation publically released, so at the moment it really
depends on the marketing schedule.