Re: leap second outage

[Johnny Eriksson <bygg () cafax se>]

Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike () swm pp se> wrote:
> This is similar to the jiffycounter wrapping, since this doesn't happen 
> that often, it's not commonly tested for. Good way is to start the jiffy 
> counter so it wraps after 10 minutes of uptime. That way you'll run into 
> any bugs quickly. Either we should abolish the leap second or we should 
> make leap second adjustments (back and forth) on a monthly basis to 
> exercise the code.

You could do this, move back on even-numbered months and forward on odd.

Any real adjustment could be done via inhibiting the monthly change...

> This is a hard sell though...

'fraid so.

> Mikael Abrahamsson    email: swmike () swm pp se

--Johnny