package/madwifi/patches/110-init_fix_PR_914.patch

   1 Doing ifconfig athX down/ifconfig athX up several times provokes kernel crash.
   2 See http://madwifi.org/ticket/914. But if ath_hal_phydisable() is skipped  -
   3 I observe NO CRASH whatsoever ... :\ Weird.
   4
   5 Signed-off-by: Mindaugas Kriaučiūnas <mindaugas.kriauciunas@gmail.com>
   6 Signed-off-by: Žilvinas Valinskas <valins@soften.ktu.lt>
   7
   8 Index: madwifi-ng-trunk/ath/if_ath.c
   9 ===================================================================
  10 --- madwifi-ng-trunk.orig/ath/if_ath.c  2006-10-16 17:40:50.000000000 +0300
  11 +++ madwifi-ng-trunk/ath/if_ath.c       2006-10-18 16:17:32.000000000 +0300
  12 @@ -1997,7 +1997,10 @@
  13                 ath_draintxq(sc);
  14                 if (!sc->sc_invalid) {
  15                         ath_stoprecv(sc);
  16 +
  17 +                       /* XXX: this helps to avoid crashes on ifconfig down/up
  18                         ath_hal_phydisable(ah);
  19 +                        */
  20                 } else
  21                         sc->sc_rxlink = NULL;
  22                 ath_beacon_free(sc);            /* XXX needed? */