[Coming in late ...] > On Mon, Jun 28, 2004 at 05:19:10PM +0400, Maxim Konovalov wrote: > > On Mon, 28 Jun 2004, 12:39+0900, Rob wrote: > > > 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?
Most system management/statistical things are built around the MIB (Management Information Base) concept used by SNMP, etc. These call for time to be kept in 10,000ths of a second in a 32-bit unsigned counter. That register rolls over in about 497 days. (Later versions of the base MIB add 64-bit counters, but support isn't universal and software designs tend to prefer the original counters.) Mark Terribile __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"