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> e100_intr was the worst function in a profile. PCI reads are very costly

I profiled this part and I found what the main issue is the e100_alloc_skbs.
It takes from 10000 to ~19000 processor's tacts.
At the same time eepro100's speedo_iterrupt is pretty fast.

All the Best!
Serge.