We ran a 486 for some 5 years pretty much non stop in one of our server rooms. By the time we shut it off, the switch broke and later some other part just crumbled when we tried starting it back up. Had we left it alone, it probably would have continued running for many more years.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Denys Vlasenko" <[email protected]> To: "Jim Cathey" <[email protected]> Cc: "busybox" <[email protected]>, "Rich Felker" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 2:13:32 PM Subject: Re: [PATCH] udhcpd: Handle auto_time timeout overflow On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 10:11 PM, Cathey, Jim <[email protected]> wrote: >>Because we don't expect machines to run for 68 years without reboot. > > Certain nameless-but-large customers out in the world, running certain > nameless Linux/busybox-based products, have experienced abject system > failures after longer runtimes. Two years is one such number. I _sincerely_ doubt anyone in their right mind would insist on running a machine, without reboots, for 68 years. Years, not days. _______________________________________________ busybox mailing list [email protected] http://lists.busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/busybox _______________________________________________ busybox mailing list [email protected] http://lists.busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/busybox
