From: Joseph Bueno <joseph.bueno@trader.com>
To: jim roy <jim@nga.com>
Cc: linux-admin <linux-admin@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: utmp rollover at 496 days?
Date: Thu, 09 May 2002 20:15:09 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3CDABCAD.EB4BA7E2@trader.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20020509105357.C9463@redwing
jim roy wrote :
>
> I have two machines which have not been rebooted sind Dec 2000.
>
> At day 497, on both machines, the uptime command began anew at day 0.
>
> Anybody know what's up with that?
>
> Jim Roy
Hi,
This is a known problem with older kernels.
uptime is kept in a 32 bits counter with a resolution of 1/100th of
a second so it rollover after 497 days.
It has been discussed in linux-kernel mailing list a few months ago
and I think it is now fixed in 2.4 kernel.
Regards
--
Joseph Bueno
NetClub/Trader.com
prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-05-09 18:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-05-09 17:53 utmp rollover at 496 days? jim roy
2002-05-09 18:09 ` Scott Taylor
2002-05-09 19:33 ` James
2002-05-09 18:15 ` Joseph Bueno [this message]
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