Never return TX_BUSY from op_tx. It doesn't make sense to return TX_BUSY, if we can not transmit the packet. Drop the packet and return TX_OK. Upstream commit is eb803e419ca6be06ece2e42027bb4ebd8ec09f91 Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch <mb@xxxxxxxxx> Index: linux-2.6.25.6/drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/main.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.25.6.orig/drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/main.c 2008-06-14 22:41:44.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.25.6/drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/main.c 2008-07-03 00:51:33.000000000 +0200 @@ -2347,14 +2347,16 @@ static int b43legacy_op_tx(struct ieee80 spin_lock_irqsave(&wl->irq_lock, flags); err = b43legacy_pio_tx(dev, skb, ctl); spin_unlock_irqrestore(&wl->irq_lock, flags); } else err = b43legacy_dma_tx(dev, skb, ctl); out: - if (unlikely(err)) - return NETDEV_TX_BUSY; + if (unlikely(err)) { + /* Drop the packet. */ + dev_kfree_skb_any(skb); + } return NETDEV_TX_OK; } static int b43legacy_op_conf_tx(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, int queue, const struct ieee80211_tx_queue_params *params) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html