Re: [patch] jiffies wraparound [Re: 2.1.125 Show stopper list: Draft]

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sun, 18 Oct 1998 00:31:01 +0100 (BST)

> > Linus are you worried to fix the jiffies wrap bug?
>
> Quite frankly, considering the "jiffies" thing to be a show-stopper is
> just ridiculous. It's not even on my radar, and I don't see this being a
> 2.2 issue.

I guess it depends on your agenda. An OS that has to be rebooted every
490 days isnt a very good embedded system large or small. "Please remember
to reboot your building airconditioning control system about next august" ;)

View from on high noted, want me to take it off the list ?

Alan

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