diff -urN madwifi-ng-refcount-r2313-20070505.old/ath/if_ath.c madwifi-ng-refcount-r2313-20070505.dev/ath/if_ath.c
--- madwifi-ng-refcount-r2313-20070505.old/ath/if_ath.c	2007-05-13 18:17:56.196025944 +0200
+++ madwifi-ng-refcount-r2313-20070505.dev/ath/if_ath.c	2007-05-13 18:17:56.284012568 +0200
@@ -1711,6 +1711,7 @@
 			} 
 #endif
 			ATH_SCHEDULE_TQUEUE(&sc->sc_txtq, &needmark);
+			sc->sc_tx_start = 0;
 		}
 		if (status & HAL_INT_BMISS) {
 			sc->sc_stats.ast_bmiss++;
@@ -2264,6 +2265,15 @@
 		txq->axq_link = &lastds->ds_link;
 		ath_hal_txstart(ah, txq->axq_qnum);
 		sc->sc_dev->trans_start = jiffies;
+		if (sc->sc_tx_start) {
+			if (jiffies > sc->sc_tx_start + 2 * HZ) {
+				printk("%s: Tx queue stuck. Resetting hardware...\n", sc->sc_dev->name);
+				ath_reset(sc->sc_dev);
+				sc->sc_tx_start = 0;
+			}
+		} else {
+			sc->sc_tx_start = jiffies;
+		}
 	}
 	ATH_TXQ_UNLOCK(txq);
 
diff -urN madwifi-ng-refcount-r2313-20070505.old/ath/if_athvar.h madwifi-ng-refcount-r2313-20070505.dev/ath/if_athvar.h
--- madwifi-ng-refcount-r2313-20070505.old/ath/if_athvar.h	2007-05-04 23:09:29.000000000 +0200
+++ madwifi-ng-refcount-r2313-20070505.dev/ath/if_athvar.h	2007-05-13 18:17:56.285012416 +0200
@@ -689,6 +689,14 @@
 #endif
 	u_int sc_slottimeconf;			/* manual override for slottime */
 	int16_t sc_channoise; 			/* Measured noise of current channel (dBm) */
+
+	/* 
+	 * Several MiniPCI cards and most SoC revs frequently cease all transmission
+	 * when operating in IBSS mode. The reason for this is unknown and could potentially
+	 * be a hardware bug. This variable contains the timestamp of the last successful
+	 * transmission and is checked when enqueueing new frames
+	 */
+	unsigned long sc_tx_start;
 };
 
 typedef void (*ath_callback) (struct ath_softc *);