Bug 32359

Summary:	uptime rolls over after 45 days in gentoo-sources kernel
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Dave Brondsema <dave>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	x86-kernel (DEPRECATED) <x86-kernel>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	minor
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0310.3/1245.html
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Dave Brondsema 2003-10-30 19:52:44 UTC

Read the thread linked to in the URL for full details

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1 Brian Jackson (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-10-30 22:09:18 UTC

It's due to Hz=1000, it's not trivially as fixable as they make it seem.
It's definitely not getting fixed for the 2.4.20 based version. I'll see
if I can find a patch for the next version, but I'm not promising anything.

Comment 2 Markus Nigbur (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-10-31 10:30:51 UTC

FYI: there are patches for the 2.4 kernels, but they are highly experimental.
Use at your own risk.

http://www.physik3.uni-rostock.de/tim/kernel/2.4/

Comment 3 Dave Brondsema 2003-11-01 09:35:49 UTC

Please look at http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rml/variable-HZ/v2.4/
and see if that helps.  I really don't know how hard it is to make the uptime
work correctly, but I think it's fairly important and these patches seem
to be all you need.  Thanks.

Comment 4 Tim Yamin (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-11-01 09:59:26 UTC

Don't we already have an HZ patch in 'General Setup -> Timer Frequency' in
gentoo-sources?