For embedded platforms, beacon transmission can be starved when flooded with data packets. Prioritize beacons by giving the beacon queue the first shot when the isr completes. Changes-licensed-under: 3-Clause-BSD Signed-off-by: Bob Copeland <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c index ff6d4f8..ef8523e 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.c @@ -2496,7 +2496,7 @@ ath5k_intr(int irq, void *dev_id) tasklet_schedule(&sc->restq); } else { if (status & AR5K_INT_SWBA) { - tasklet_schedule(&sc->beacontq); + tasklet_hi_schedule(&sc->beacontq); } if (status & AR5K_INT_RXEOL) { /* -- 1.6.0.6 -- 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