From: Sujith Manoharan <sujith@msujith.org>
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Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:53:19 +0530
To: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
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Subject: Re: 3.7.6+:  ath9k:  tx logic locks up after taking attenuation very
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Ben Greear wrote:
> Ok, I think I see the problem, or at least some of it.
> 
> When the attenuation goes very high (signal of -80 or lower),
> all transmit basically stops, at least for a bit (possibly while
> rate-control algorithms adjust).
> 
> During this time, the ath_tx_complete_poll_work logic can hit,
> causing a reset of the NIC.

Doing a chip reset because a station goes out of range doesn't seem correct.

Sujith