Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 22:37:49 +0200 From: Markus Stumpf <maex-lists-freebsd-stable@Space.Net> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@phone.net>, Neil Long <neil.long@computing-services.oxford.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question of longevity Message-ID: <19990902223748.O4058@space.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909012047400.354-100000@guru.phone.net>; from Mike Meyer on Wed, Sep 01, 1999 at 08:51:36PM -0700 References: <990826161120.ZM4951@ratbert.oucs.ox.ac.uk> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909012047400.354-100000@guru.phone.net>
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On Wed, Sep 01, 1999 at 08:51:36PM -0700, Mike Meyer wrote: > :->Just wondered if FreeBSD ever suffered the 'uptime' problems that the > :->L-Word did/does (498 day uptime can cause panics in some Linux > :->kernels). > > I understand there was a bug in one of the early BSD distributions, > such that the day field didn't format properly if it was more than > three digits wide. Looks like it's fixed in this version, though. 498 should not be a problem on 2.2.6-RELEASE (except it was broken after 2.2.1) ... $ uname -v FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE (CHDKERNEL) #0: Mon Jun 23 16:49:02 CEST 1997 $ uptime 10:34PM up 661 days, 1:59, 2 users, load averages: 0.08, 0.10, 0.08 :-))) \Maex -- SpaceNet GmbH | http://www.Space.Net/ | Yeah, yo mama dresses Research & Development | mailto:maex-sig@Space.Net | you funny and you need Joseph-Dollinger-Bogen 14 | Tel: +49 (89) 32356-0 | a mouse to delete files D-80807 Muenchen | Fax: +49 (89) 32356-299 | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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