Warner Losh writes: > > On Feb 12, 2014, at 5:36 AM, Greg Hennessy wrote: > > > > >>> Um, that is false. All linux kernels did not crash, in fact NONE of > >>> mine did. > >> > >> "all" here was an overstatement, but the impact of the leap second > >> should never be "your kernel crashes" even if your personal kernels > >> didn't. > > > > You should refrain from making inaccurate claims, it damages your > > credibility. > > It still doesn't detract from my point: leap seconds caused aberrant behavior > in the linux kernel that everybody wants to nit-pick me on, but the nit-pick > s don't detract from the point. The point is the aberrant behavior, rather th > an the slight mischaracterizations of that. Geeze, no wonder no progress can > be made, people are arguing over the wrong things.
Bad handling and inadequate testing of leap seconds in those kernels (and was some of it libc?) caused the aberrant behavior. H _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
