Bug 20256

Summary: microuptime went backwards message keeps repeating, looks like bad C code
Product: Base System Reporter: tigner <tigner>
Component: kernAssignee: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Only Me    
Priority: Normal    
Version: Unspecified   
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   

Description tigner 2000-07-28 17:00:01 UTC 
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.

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.
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.
Comment 1 Sheldon Hearn freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2000-07-31 10:31:09 UTC 
Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-bugs->phk

Poul-Henning knows about this stuff.
Comment 2 John.Bluhdorn 2001-05-17 13:01:39 UTC 
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.
Comment 3 Poul-Henning Kamp freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2001-05-29 10:35:18 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: open->closed

known issue.