Re: Jiffies wraparound...

Riley Williams (rhw@MemAlpha.CX)
Wed, 21 Jul 1999 21:54:15 +0100 (GMT)


Hi there.

> I was just experimenting with my Pentium 133 laptop here and
> decided to see what would happen if the jiffies counter was set
> to roll over in about 2 minutes after reboot. Well here are my
> results:

> BTW this system is running 2.3.5 with pcmcia if that makes a
> difference.

I believe the jiffies wraparound fix went into 2.3.6 or 2.3.7, in
which case your kernel is slightly too early...

Best wishes from Riley.

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