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Re: [SLE] Uptimes
- From: Kastus <NOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 23:48:26 -0700
- Message-id: <20040905064826.GA17143@xxxxxxxxxx>
On Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 11:20:21PM -0700, Jim Cunning wrote:
>
> I didn't realize the 497 day limit existed, but it makes sense (2^32 *
> 10ms / 3600 seconds / 24 hours = 497.1 days). Oh well, the power has to
> be shut off next week, so this server won't reach the limit.
Actually, with SUSE kernels starting from 9.0, if you use default grub
configuration, it passes parameter "desktop" to the kernel which
makes the timer to tick 10 times faster so the uptime rolls over in
~50 days. See also http://portal.suse.de/sdb/en/2003/10/90_scheduling.html
Regards, -Kastus
>
> I didn't realize the 497 day limit existed, but it makes sense (2^32 *
> 10ms / 3600 seconds / 24 hours = 497.1 days). Oh well, the power has to
> be shut off next week, so this server won't reach the limit.
Actually, with SUSE kernels starting from 9.0, if you use default grub
configuration, it passes parameter "desktop" to the kernel which
makes the timer to tick 10 times faster so the uptime rolls over in
~50 days. See also http://portal.suse.de/sdb/en/2003/10/90_scheduling.html
Regards, -Kastus
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