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diff --git a/package/madwifi/patches/306-mib_intr_workaround.patch b/package/madwifi/patches/306-mib_intr_workaround.patch
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--- a/package/madwifi/patches/306-mib_intr_workaround.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-Index: madwifi-ng-r2568-20070710/ath/if_ath.c
-===================================================================
---- madwifi-ng-r2568-20070710.orig/ath/if_ath.c 2007-10-20 20:52:09.000000000 +0200
-+++ madwifi-ng-r2568-20070710/ath/if_ath.c 2007-10-20 20:52:34.000000000 +0200
-@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@
- static void ath_flushrecv(struct ath_softc *);
- static void ath_chan_change(struct ath_softc *, struct ieee80211_channel *);
- static void ath_calibrate(unsigned long);
-+static void ath_mib_enable(unsigned long);
- static int ath_newstate(struct ieee80211vap *, enum ieee80211_state, int);
-
- static void ath_scan_start(struct ieee80211com *);
-@@ -660,6 +661,10 @@
- sc->sc_cal_ch.function = ath_calibrate;
- sc->sc_cal_ch.data = (unsigned long) dev;
-
-+ init_timer(&sc->sc_mib_enable);
-+ sc->sc_mib_enable.function = ath_mib_enable;
-+ sc->sc_mib_enable.data = (unsigned long) sc;
-+
- #ifdef ATH_SUPERG_DYNTURBO
- init_timer(&sc->sc_dturbo_switch_mode);
- sc->sc_dturbo_switch_mode.function = ath_turbo_switch_mode;
-@@ -1751,16 +1756,19 @@
- if (status & HAL_INT_MIB) {
- sc->sc_stats.ast_mib++;
- /*
-- * Disable interrupts until we service the MIB
-- * interrupt; otherwise it will continue to fire.
-- */
-- ath_hal_intrset(ah, 0);
-- /*
-- * Let the HAL handle the event. We assume it will
-- * clear whatever condition caused the interrupt.
-+ * When the card receives lots of PHY errors, the MIB
-+ * interrupt will fire at a very rapid rate. We will use
-+ * a timer to enforce at least 1 jiffy delay between
-+ * MIB interrupts. This should be unproblematic, since
-+ * the hardware will continue to update the counters in the
-+ * mean time.
- */
-- ath_hal_mibevent(ah, &sc->sc_halstats);
-+ sc->sc_imask &= ~HAL_INT_MIB;
- ath_hal_intrset(ah, sc->sc_imask);
-+ mod_timer(&sc->sc_mib_enable, jiffies + 1);
-+
-+ /* Let the HAL handle the event. */
-+ ath_hal_mibevent(ah, &sc->sc_halstats);
- }
- }
- if (needmark)
-@@ -8029,6 +8037,19 @@
- }
-
- /*
-+ * Enable MIB interrupts again, after the ISR disabled them
-+ * to slow down the rate of PHY error reporting.
-+ */
-+static void
-+ath_mib_enable(unsigned long arg)
-+{
-+ struct ath_softc *sc = (struct ath_softc *) arg;
-+
-+ sc->sc_imask |= HAL_INT_MIB;
-+ ath_hal_intrset(sc->sc_ah, sc->sc_imask);
-+}
-+
-+/*
- * Periodically recalibrate the PHY to account
- * for temperature/environment changes.
- */
-Index: madwifi-ng-r2568-20070710/ath/if_athvar.h
-===================================================================
---- madwifi-ng-r2568-20070710.orig/ath/if_athvar.h 2007-10-20 20:52:09.000000000 +0200
-+++ madwifi-ng-r2568-20070710/ath/if_athvar.h 2007-10-20 20:52:09.000000000 +0200
-@@ -687,6 +687,7 @@
- struct ctl_table *sc_sysctls;
-
- u_int16_t sc_reapcount; /* # of tx buffers reaped after net dev stopped */
-+ struct timer_list sc_mib_enable;
-
- #ifdef ATH_REVERSE_ENGINEERING
- u_int8_t register_snapshot[MAX_REGISTER_ADDRESS];