Re: Maximum uptime 497 days?

From: Michael W. Lucas (mwlucas_at_blackhelicopters.org)
Date: 06/28/04

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To: Rob <stopspam@users.sourceforge.net>

    Hi,

    This tickles something in the back of my memory.

    You aren't by chance talking about remote uptime detection,
    Netcraft-style, are you?

    IIRC, that rolls over to 0 at 497 days. But actual system uptime is
    unaffected.

    ==ml

    On Mon, Jun 28, 2004 at 12:39:30PM +0900, Rob wrote:
    >
    > Hi,
    >
    > By accident I happen to come across this remarkable limit of
    > uptime registration for FreeBSD systems. After 497 days, the
    > timer jumps to zero again.
    >
    > 497 days is less than a 1.5 years !
    >
    > Has this been fixed in newer versions of FreeBSD (stable and/or
    > current) ? Or is there a hardware limitation (CPU?) that does
    > not allow this?
    >
    > Just wondering.
    >
    > Regards,
    > Rob.
    >
    >
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