> > But it's quite likely that at least some of the 
quoted text
> > chipsets that this driver supports don't need this timer nonsense at all
> 
> Well yes.  If all the chipsets need the timer then there's nothing we
> can do to improve it.

Surely you only need the timer running when transmits are active and
sufficient transmits to make it worth recovering the queued memory ?
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