[Commotion-dev] Apparent resolution to long-standing ath9k tx deadlock bug

[Dan Staples]

Thanks for this, Ben!

On 08/12/2014 10:55 PM, Ben West wrote:
> OpenWRT bug #13681 has been a long-standing headache for WasabiNet
> firmware, presumably also for other firmwares based on recent Attitude
> Adjustment (i.e. including Commotion).  Basically, the radio's tx queue
> would lock up sporadically under heavy load conditions, often requiring
> a reboot.
> 
> Here is my comment to the bug ticket, now closed after recent commits to
> trunk:
> https://dev.openwrt.org/ticket/13681#comment:43
> 
> Here is an additional patch I ported to AA myself, that apparently
> didn't get backported to AA by the OpenWRT dev team.
> https://dev.openwrt.org/attachment/ticket/13681/301-aggregation-tx-lockup.patch
> 
> So far, all radios I've reflashed to AA r41803 with the patch above have
> been solid.
> 
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