RE: xmit timeouts with new e1000 driver

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> So I started to add more load (another 100Mbits/sec) and 
> before the extra load ramped up, the kernl BUG'd. The 
> msec_delay barfed because "in_interrupt()" was true - and 
> rightly so - the dev_timeout bh code called e1000_tx_timeout. 
> The "linux-ized" version schedules a separate task to do this 
> preventing the BUG. 

Sorry, that was my fault; just haven't propagated the schedule_task code to
the non-kernel driver.  The kernel driver is OK.  Replace BUG with mdelay in
msec_delay for temp fix.

> So, I am assuming there are still problems with "zero-copy" 
> enabled because of the dev_timeout call. 

That wouldn't be good!  Can you share more details on the send tests that
your running?  I'd like to try to reproduce this.

-scott
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