netdev - calling dev_queue_xmit from softirq

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Date:	Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:14:03 +0200
From:	"Primiano Tucci" <p.tucci@...il.com>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: calling dev_queue_xmit from softirq

Hi all, just a simple question here:
can dev_queue_xmit be called from atomic context (a softirq for instance)
or do i have to put the dev_queue_xmit call in a separate tasklet and call
it from tasklet?
Kernel 2.6.22

Thanks in advance
Primiano Tucci
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