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Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 08:59:28 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: kern/20256: microuptime went backwards message keeps repeating, looks like bad C code
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>Number:         20256
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       microuptime went backwards message keeps repeating, looks like bad C code
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Jul 28 09:00:01 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Barry Tigner
>Release:        4.1 Release installed 10am 28july 2000 edt
>Organization:
Michigan State University
>Environment:
sorry ,can't get this since it scrolls off the screen because of the
errors I am getting.
>Description:
I get an error message "microuptime went backwards" 
Example: microuptime went backwards 4799.6933 -> 4799,-.7522
The 1st number has a good format but the 2nd number has a
comma in it, which leads me to suspect that the C code for 
the output or test of this function has a comma in repacement
for a period somewhere in the C code.
>How-To-Repeat:
it happens everytime I boot, but is most severe when running 
/stand/sysinstall and connecting to www.freebsd.org.

This problem did not exist on FreeBSD 4.0 Release on this system.
>Fix:
I can look at the kernel code for this function and maybe fix it
here , but if someone can tell me exactly how to fix this, I would
appreciate it greatly.

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


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