Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 10:50:27 -0400 From: "Michael W. Lucas" <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> To: Rob <stopspam@users.sourceforge.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Maximum uptime 497 days? Message-ID: <20040628145027.GA92086@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> In-Reply-To: <40DF92F2.2030407@users.sourceforge.net> References: <40DF92F2.2030407@users.sourceforge.net>
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Hi, This tickles something in the back of my memory. You aren't by chance talking about remote uptime detection, Netcraft-style, are you? IIRC, that rolls over to 0 at 497 days. But actual system uptime is unaffected. ==ml On Mon, Jun 28, 2004 at 12:39:30PM +0900, Rob wrote: > > Hi, > > By accident I happen to come across this remarkable limit of > uptime registration for FreeBSD systems. After 497 days, the > timer jumps to zero again. > > 497 days is less than a 1.5 years ! > > Has this been fixed in newer versions of FreeBSD (stable and/or > current) ? Or is there a hardware limitation (CPU?) that does > not allow this? > > Just wondering. > > Regards, > Rob. > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Michael Lucas mwlucas@FreeBSD.org, mwlucas@BlackHelicopters.org "I'm sorry, but 'Social Darwinism' is no excuse for killing all of your co-workers." -- Ivan Brunetti http://www.BlackHelicopters.org/~mwlucas/
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