Use of the time_after_eq() macro, defined at linux/jiffies.h, which deal with wrapping correctly and are nicer to read. Signed-off-by: Marcelo Feitoza Parisi --- linux/drivers/net/wan/sdla_ft1.c 2005-06-17 16:48:29.000000000 -0300 +++ linux-kj/drivers/net/wan/sdla_ft1.c 2005-07-07 22:45:26.394206096 -0300 @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ #include /* WAN router definitions */ #include /* WANPIPE common user API definitions */ #include /* ARPHRD_* defines */ +#include /* time_after() macro */ #include #include @@ -164,7 +165,7 @@ timeout = jiffies; while (mb->return_code != 'I') /* Wait 1s for board to initialize */ - if ((jiffies - timeout) > 1*HZ) break; + if (time_after(jiffies, timeout + 1*HZ)) break; if (mb->return_code != 'I') { printk(KERN_INFO