Re: Nasty suprise with uptime

[Jonathan Briggs]

A 32 bit uptime patch should also include a new kernel parameter that 
could be passed from LILO: uptime.  Then you could test the uptime patch 
by passing uptime=4294967295

Or make /proc/uptime writable.

David Relson wrote:

> Let's assume you have the counter changed to 32 bits - RIGHT NOW 
> (tm).  Build a kernel, install it, reboot.  It'll be over a year 
> (approx Jan 2003) before the change will be noticeable...
>
> Methinks that's a long time to wait for a result :-)
>
> David
>