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Subject: Re: kmem_map too small panics with Soekris/Atheros access point [ath
 rate control]
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Boris Kochergin wrote:
> Stef Walter wrote:
>> Boris Kochergin wrote:
>>  
> I, too, recall the days when you had multiple rate-control algorithms to
> choose from, but that doesn't appear to be the case anymore. As a
> workaround, I wrote a little script that checks if that part of the
> driver is using more than 200 KiB of memory and run it every minute via
> cron. It seems to be doing its job so far:

You can still select the ath rate control module.  Static kernel config
is unchanged; for modules you must export ATH_RATE=onoe or similar
(check modules/ath/Makefile).  Please file a PR if this does not work.

	Sam