[ale] uptime

Geoffrey lists at serioustechnology.com
Thu Mar 18 07:42:03 EDT 2010


Michael B. Trausch wrote:
> On 03/17/2010 08:46 PM, Geoffrey wrote:
>> I didn't know uptime wrapped around, what is the max?
> 
> http://dannyman.toldme.com/2006/08/16/linux-uptime-reset/
> 
> I cannot find reliable numbers for 2.6.x; at least one place on the 'net 
> claims that it does not wrap for 49,000+ days now.  I don't have any 
> clue where in the kernel source one would have to look for that; grep 
> for "uptime" returns only 78 hits, though, and I could probably narrow 
> it down with a better regex.  I am too tired to think about kernel 
> sources at the moment, though...

Just looking at the kernel source makes me tired.. ;)

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

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the government from wasting the labors of the people under
the pretense of taking care of them."
- Thomas Jefferson


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