[ale] uptime

[Michael B. Trausch]

On 03/21/2010 09:32 AM, Geoffrey wrote:
> Michael B. Trausch wrote:
>> On 03/20/2010 10:29 PM, Geoffrey wrote:
>>> Don Lachlan wrote:
>>>>>   On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 11:43 PM, Michael B. Trausch<mike at trausch.us>   wrote:
>>>>>>>   On 03/17/2010 08:46 PM, Geoffrey wrote:
>>>>>>>>>   I didn't know uptime wrapped around, what is the max?
>>>>>>>   http://dannyman.toldme.com/2006/08/16/linux-uptime-reset/
>>>>>   I believe that's it. Years ago, the Linux kernel would reset the
>>>>>   jiffies counter after ~500d and your uptime counter would follow right
>>>>>   along.
>>>>>
>>>>>   -Lachlan (Sure, I could have patched it but it would have required a REBOOT)
>>> Doesn't jive with what I posted that started this thread, here again:
>>>
>>> 10:44pm  up 854 days  1:05,  2 users,  load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
>>
>> What version of the kernel are you running there?
>
> 2.6.11.4-21.17-default
>
> SuSE 9.3

That version of the kernel did not have the bug---the uptime wrapping 
bug referenced above is for the 2.4 series of kernels.

	--- Mike

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