Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Tue, 30 Oct 2001 18:46:03 +1100 (EST) | | From | Neale Banks <> | | Subject | Re: Nasty suprise with uptime |
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On Mon, 29 Oct 2001, Alan Cox wrote:
> > and received a nasty surprise. The uptime, which had been 496+ days > > on Friday, was back down to a few hours. I was ready to lart somebody > > with great vigor when I realized the uptime counter had simply wrapped > > around. > > > > So, I thought to myself, at least the 2.4 kernels on our new boxes won't > > It wraps at 496 days. The drivers are aware of it and dont crash the box
You mean there was a time when uptime>496days would crash a system?
If so, approximtely when did that get fixed?
(I'm thinking back to an as yet unexplained crash of a 2.0.38 system at ~496days uptime :-( )
Thanks, Neale.
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