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diff --git a/package/madwifi/patches/383-ibss_hostap.patch b/package/madwifi/patches/383-ibss_hostap.patch
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index d449c3037a..0000000000
--- a/package/madwifi/patches/383-ibss_hostap.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,105 +0,0 @@
---- a/ath/if_ath.c
-+++ b/ath/if_ath.c
-@@ -1452,6 +1452,23 @@ ath_vap_create(struct ieee80211com *ic,
- sc->sc_nstavaps++;
- else if (opmode == IEEE80211_M_MONITOR)
- sc->sc_nmonvaps++;
-+
-+
-+ /* Driving the HAL in IBSS sometimes adapts the TSF and other timing registers
-+ * from received beacons/probes. If that happens, expected TX interrupts may
-+ * not occur until next reset. Which triggers the "lost beacon" tasklet.
-+ * Resulting effectively in not sending packets for minutes. Because that only
-+ * happens in large mesh networks, this mode needs to be activated by a kernel
-+ * module parameter: hostap_for_ibss=1. Note that using this mode has side
-+ * effects. Such as not supressing beacons/probe answers randomly when
-+ * receiving other node beacons. It's recommended to lower the beacon interval
-+ * then. When using an IBSS-VAP together with an HOSTAP-VAP, you may also need
-+ * to re-trigger IBSS beacon generation after creating the HOSTAP-VAP by
-+ * issueing "iwpriv athX bintval 1000".
-+ */
-+ if ((flags & IEEE80211_NO_STABEACONS) && (ic->ic_opmode == IEEE80211_M_IBSS))
-+ sc->sc_opmode = HAL_M_HOSTAP;
-+ else
- /*
- * Adhoc demo mode is a pseudo mode; to the HAL it's
- * just IBSS mode and the driver doesn't use management
-@@ -4279,7 +4296,8 @@ ath_calcrxfilter(struct ath_softc *sc)
- if (ic->ic_opmode != IEEE80211_M_HOSTAP && (dev->flags & IFF_PROMISC))
- rfilt |= HAL_RX_FILTER_PROM;
- if (ic->ic_opmode == IEEE80211_M_STA ||
-- sc->sc_opmode == HAL_M_IBSS || /* NB: AHDEMO too */
-+ ic->ic_opmode == IEEE80211_M_IBSS ||
-+ ic->ic_opmode == IEEE80211_M_AHDEMO ||
- (sc->sc_nostabeacons) || sc->sc_scanning ||
- (ic->ic_opmode == IEEE80211_M_HOSTAP))
- rfilt |= HAL_RX_FILTER_BEACON;
-@@ -6435,6 +6453,33 @@ ath_capture(struct net_device *dev, cons
- }
-
- /*
-+ * Advances (forwards/adds) a microsecond value to current chip's TSF registers
-+ */
-+
-+/* from ath_info.c */
-+#define AR5K_TSF_L32_5210 0x806c /* TSF (lower 32 bits) */
-+#define AR5K_TSF_L32_5211 0x804c
-+#define AR5K_TSF_L32 (ar_device(ah->ah_sc->devid) == 5210 ? \
-+ AR5K_TSF_L32_5210 : AR5K_TSF_L32_5211)
-+
-+#define AR5K_TSF_U32_5210 0x8070
-+#define AR5K_TSF_U32_5211 0x8050
-+#define AR5K_TSF_U32 (ar_device(ah->ah_sc->devid) == 5210 ? \
-+ AR5K_TSF_U32_5210 : AR5K_TSF_U32_5211)
-+
-+static inline void ath_hal_settsf64(struct ath_hal *ah, u_int64_t tsf_adv)
-+{
-+ ATH_HAL_LOCK_IRQ(ah->ah_sc);
-+ ath_hal_set_function(__func__);
-+ tsf_adv += ah->ah_getTsf64(ah);
-+ OS_REG_WRITE(ah, AR5K_TSF_L32, 0ll);
-+ OS_REG_WRITE(ah, AR5K_TSF_U32, (tsf_adv >> 32) & 0xffffffffll);
-+ OS_REG_WRITE(ah, AR5K_TSF_L32, (tsf_adv >> 00) & 0xffffffffll);
-+ ath_hal_set_function(NULL);
-+ ATH_HAL_UNLOCK_IRQ(ah->ah_sc);
-+}
-+
-+/*
- * Intercept management frames to collect beacon RSSI data and to do
- * ibss merges. This function is called for all management frames,
- * including those belonging to other BSS.
-@@ -6487,10 +6532,19 @@ ath_recv_mgmt(struct ieee80211vap * vap,
- DPRINTF(sc, ATH_DEBUG_BEACON,
- "Updated beacon timers\n");
- }
-- if ((sc->sc_opmode == HAL_M_IBSS) &&
-- IEEE80211_ADDR_EQ(ni->ni_bssid, vap->iv_bss->ni_bssid) &&
-- ath_hw_check_atim(sc, 1, vap->iv_bss->ni_intval)) {
-- DPRINTF(sc, ATH_DEBUG_ANY, "Fixed ATIM window after beacon recv\n");
-+ if ((vap->iv_opmode == IEEE80211_M_IBSS) &&
-+ (sc->sc_opmode == HAL_M_HOSTAP) &&
-+ IEEE80211_ADDR_EQ(ni->ni_bssid, vap->iv_bss->ni_bssid)) {
-+ /* In this mode, we drive the HAL in HOSTAP mode. Hence
-+ * we do the IBSS merging in software. Also do not merge
-+ * if the difference it too small. Otherwise we are playing
-+ * tsf-pingpong with other vendors drivers */
-+ beacon_tsf = le64_to_cpu(ni->ni_tstamp.tsf);
-+ if (beacon_tsf > rtsf + 0xffff) {
-+ ath_hal_settsf64(sc->sc_ah, beacon_tsf - rtsf);
-+ ieee80211_ibss_merge(ni);
-+ }
-+ break;
- }
- /* NB: Fall Through */
- case IEEE80211_FC0_SUBTYPE_PROBE_RESP:
-@@ -6563,6 +6617,10 @@ ath_recv_mgmt(struct ieee80211vap * vap,
- #endif
- if (do_merge)
- ieee80211_ibss_merge(ni);
-+
-+ if ((sc->sc_opmode == HAL_M_IBSS) &&
-+ ath_hw_check_atim(sc, 1, vap->iv_bss->ni_intval))
-+ DPRINTF(sc, ATH_DEBUG_ANY, "Fixed ATIM window after beacon recv\n");
- }
- break;
- }