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From: Tim Schmielau <tim@physik3.uni-rostock.de>
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> -#define INITIAL_JIFFIES ((unsigned int) (-300*HZ))
> +#define INITIAL_JIFFIES ((unsigned long) (-300*HZ))

No. This was deliberate since testing 32 bit jiffies wrap seems more
beneficial than testing 64 bit jiffies.
Just the formulation might be misleading, which is why I initially wrote
  #define INITIAL_JIFFIES (0xffffffffUL & (unsigned long)(-300*HZ))

Tim

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