sleeping in dev->tx_timeout?

From: Abraham van der Merwe (abz_at_frogfoot.net)
Date: 08/03/03

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    Hi!

    Is it safe to sleep in tx_timeout (in the networking code), i.e. to call
    schedule_timeout and friends from that routine? 

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 Abraham
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