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Subject: Re: ath5k: no further txbuf available, dropping packet
From: Bob Copeland <me@bobcopeland.com>
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On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de> wrote:
> ath5k breaks in AP mode after some operation time and keeps throwing
> this message:
>
> [2096249.446071] ath5k phy0: no further txbuf available, dropping packet
>
> Driver is yesterday's compat-wireless on 2.6.31.1

Thanks, I think there's a buffer leak.  Also I believe the
queues are stopped in this case and never re-enabled.

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