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   From: don-linux@isis.cs3-inc.com (Don Cohen)
   Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 08:37:01 -0700

   For instance, why does every driver have to call
   eth_type_trans?  Could that be delayed for netif_rx ?

Silly example.  Ethernet specific routines do not belong in
device generic netif_rx().