Index: kernel/generic/include/time/timeout.h
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--- kernel/generic/include/time/timeout.h	(revision d9dda2612b8bec14386b89ede7d9591a2ddacd44)
+++ kernel/generic/include/time/timeout.h	(revision 742f95ecf654c520834dbc577753c18d66995c14)
@@ -47,6 +47,6 @@
 	/** Link to the list of active timeouts on CURRENT->cpu */
 	link_t link;
-	/** Timeout will be activated in this amount of clock() ticks. */
-	uint64_t ticks;
+	/** Timeout will be activated when current clock tick reaches this value. */
+	uint64_t deadline;
 	/** Function that will be called on timeout activation. */
 	timeout_handler_t handler;