From owner-freebsd-current Thu Dec 16 11:39:59 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from apollo.backplane.com (apollo.backplane.com [216.240.41.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF09915653 for ; Thu, 16 Dec 1999 11:39:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dillon@apollo.backplane.com) Received: (from dillon@localhost) by apollo.backplane.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) id LAA55533; Thu, 16 Dec 1999 11:39:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dillon) Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 11:39:48 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Dillon Message-Id: <199912161939.LAA55533@apollo.backplane.com> To: Poul-Henning Kamp Cc: Kevin Day , nate@mt.sri.com, gallatin@cs.duke.edu (Andrew Gallatin), freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Serious server-side NFS problem References: <17005.945369118@critter.freebsd.dk> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG : : :>Yeah, uptime is moving which makes it difficult for me too. When new :>machines enter the network, they need to announce a number which is used to :>decice who will become the master if the current master disappears. I could :>just announce currenttime-uptime, but that's got a slightly different :>meaning that I'll have to consider. : :just announce uptime, the one with the largest number wins. : :-- :Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member :phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." :FreeBSD -- It will take a long time before progress goes too far! Go outside, kill the circuit breaker, then turn it back on. It's easier just to use the IP address. Highest number wins. -Matt Matthew Dillon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message