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From: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 04:47:14 +0100

> I doubt being able to extend the expiration of a dst above 2^32
> ticks (49 days if HZ=1000, 198 days if HZ=250) is worth the ram
> wastage.

And this doesn't apply for all jiffies uses because? :-)

That's the point I'm trying to make and get a discussion on.