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Subject: Re: Nasty suprise with uptime
To: jjs@lexus.com (J Sloan)
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 20:40:35 +0000 (GMT)
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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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> 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

Alan
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