Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 17 Apr 2002 11:00:42 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 17 Apr 2002 11:00:41 -0400 Received: from tmr-02.dsl.thebiz.net ([216.238.38.204]:4873 "EHLO gatekeeper.tmr.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 17 Apr 2002 11:00:40 -0400 Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 10:57:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill Davidsen To: bert hubert cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: please merge 64-bit jiffy patches. In-Reply-To: <20020417144231.A17983@outpost.ds9a.nl> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, bert hubert wrote: > On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 08:33:34AM -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote: > > > Other than a few things reporting wrong numbers, what costs do you > > anticipate? I have servers in six USA states (four timezones) and I > > haven't seen any real ill-effect on this. > > I have been advised by Alan to treat the jiffy wraparound as a scheduled > maintenance event. I tend to trust bearded kernel hackers from Wales. Alan has to be conservative, since he want to avoid giving potentially damaging advice to someone. However, since you can take a reboot at your convenience and schedule a year in advance, I still don't see the great cost. If you have an app which must be up 7x24 and don't have seamless backup you have other problems more serious than timer wrap. -- bill davidsen CTO, TMR Associates, Inc Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/