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Subject: microuptime went backwards message keeps repeating, looks like bad C code
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>Number:         20256
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       microuptime went backwards message keeps repeating, looks like bad C code
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    phk
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Jul 28 09:00:01 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:    Tue May 29 02:35:18 PDT 2001
>Last-Modified:  Tue May 29 02:35:37 PDT 2001
>Originator:     Barry Tigner
>Release:        4.1 Release installed 10am 28july 2000 edt
>Organization:
Michigan State University
>Environment:
sorry ,can't get this since it scrolls off the screen because of the
errors I am getting.
>Description:
I get an error message "microuptime went backwards" 
Example: microuptime went backwards 4799.6933 -> 4799,-.7522
The 1st number has a good format but the 2nd number has a
comma in it, which leads me to suspect that the C code for 
the output or test of this function has a comma in repacement
for a period somewhere in the C code.
>How-To-Repeat:
it happens everytime I boot, but is most severe when running 
/stand/sysinstall and connecting to www.freebsd.org.

This problem did not exist on FreeBSD 4.0 Release on this system.
>Fix:
I can look at the kernel code for this function and maybe fix it
here , but if someone can tell me exactly how to fix this, I would
appreciate it greatly.

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->phk 
Responsible-Changed-By: sheldonh 
Responsible-Changed-When: Mon Jul 31 02:31:09 PDT 2000 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
Poul-Henning knows about this stuff. 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=20256 

From: John Bluhdorn <John.Bluhdorn@member.sage-au.org.au>
To: <freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org>, <tigner@pilot.msu.edu>
Cc:  
Subject: Re: kern/20256: microuptime went backwards message keeps
	repeating, looks like bad C code
Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 22:01:39 +1000

 I have just installed 4.3 on an Acer 4300 (Celeron 600/256MB RAM) with the
 same experience as phk.
 This message repeats several times a second on boot, and during sysinstall
 of packages from FTP site, and from the CD-ROM.
 It also comes up a lot as X is starting.
 
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: phk 
State-Changed-When: Tue May 29 02:35:18 PDT 2001 
State-Changed-Why:  
known issue. 

http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=20256 
>Unformatted:
