I just installed a 2.6.6 kernel with no patches on a new machine:

root# uname -a
Linux build1 2.6.6 #2 SMP Wed May 19 14:27:59 EDT 2004 i686 unknown

root# uptime
Unknown HZ value! (91) Assume 100.
 14:54:22 up 1 min,  1 user,  load average: 0.30, 0.13, 0.05

on a different machine:

{0}uname -a
Linux wally 2.6.4-bk4 #4 SMP Tue Mar 30 09:41:14 EST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux

{0}uptime
 14:55:34 up 50 days,  1:06,  3 users,  load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00


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