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For those who aren't catching the "May 1 + 248 days" reference: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/05/01/boeing-787-dreamliners-contain-a-potent
by IvyMike 11y ago
For those who aren't catching the "May 1 + 248 days" reference: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/05/01/boeing-787-dreamliners-contain-a-potentially-catastrophic-software-bug/ http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/05/01/boe...
- zatkin 11y agoWhat is she referring to when she says 208 days in the parenthesized paragraph? (After the 2nd paragraph.)
- robotmlg 11y agoThe 208 day bug: https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7009834 https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7009834 The 49.7 day bug: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/216641 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/216641
- _lce0 11y agoInteresting to read. Apparently it's caused by uptime being stored in a 32-bit integer which simply overflows at that point in time https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/anthonyv/entry/497_the_number_of_the_it_beast2?lang=en https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/anthonyv/...
- ipozgaj 11y agoTSC overflow bug, see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/68466 https://access.redhat.com/solutions/68466