--- linux-2.4.20/fs/proc/proc_misc.c	Fri Mar 28 15:53:52 2003
+++ linux-2.4.20_boottime/fs/proc/proc_misc.c	Fri Mar 28 15:34:21 2003
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
 
+/* System boot time in seconds since the UNIX epoch.  */
+static time_t boottime;
+
 #define LOAD_INT(x) ((x) >> FSHIFT)
 #define LOAD_FRAC(x) LOAD_INT(((x) & (FIXED_1-1)) * 100)
 /*
@@ -372,10 +375,10 @@
 
 	proc_sprintf(page, &off, &len,
 		"\nctxt %u\n"
-		"btime %lu\n"
+		"btime %ld\n"
 		"processes %lu\n",
 		kstat.context_swtch,
-		xtime.tv_sec - jif / HZ,
+		boottime,     
 		total_forks);
 
 	return proc_calc_metrics(page, start, off, count, eof, len);
@@ -580,6 +583,9 @@
 		{"execdomains",	execdomains_read_proc},
 		{NULL,}
 	};
+
+	/* Intialise system boot time before creating /proc/stat entry. */
+	boottime = xtime.tv_sec - jiffies / HZ;
 	for (p = simple_ones; p->name; p++)
 		create_proc_read_entry(p->name, 0, NULL, p->read_proc, NULL);