diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Kconfig b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Kconfig
index b735fb3..006364f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Kconfig
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 config ATH9K_HW
 	tristate
+config ATH9K_COMMON
+	tristate
 
 config ATH9K
 	tristate "Atheros 802.11n wireless cards support"
@@ -8,6 +10,7 @@ config ATH9K
 	select MAC80211_LEDS
 	select LEDS_CLASS
 	select NEW_LEDS
+	select ATH9K_COMMON
 	---help---
 	  This module adds support for wireless adapters based on
 	  Atheros IEEE 802.11n AR5008, AR9001 and AR9002 family
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Makefile b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Makefile
index 8caf2a8..e53f968 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/Makefile
@@ -23,3 +23,6 @@ ath9k_hw-y:=	hw.o \
 		mac.o \
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_ATH9K_HW) += ath9k_hw.o
+
+obj-$(CONFIG_ATH9K_COMMON) += ath9k_common.o
+ath9k_common-y:=	common.o
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h
index 88969cb..d9bcc3a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.h
@@ -19,14 +19,16 @@
 
 #include <linux/etherdevice.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
-#include <net/mac80211.h>
 #include <linux/leds.h>
 
-#include "hw.h"
 #include "rc.h"
 #include "debug.h"
-#include "../ath.h"
-#include "../debug.h"
+#include "common.h"
+
+/*
+ * Header for the ath9k.ko driver core *only* -- hw code nor any other driver
+ * should rely on this file or its contents.
+ */
 
 struct ath_node;
 
@@ -99,18 +101,6 @@ enum buffer_type {
 	BUF_XRETRY		= BIT(5),
 };
 
-struct ath_buf_state {
-	int bfs_nframes;
-	u16 bfs_al;
-	u16 bfs_frmlen;
-	int bfs_seqno;
-	int bfs_tidno;
-	int bfs_retries;
-	u8 bf_type;
-	u32 bfs_keyix;
-	enum ath9k_key_type bfs_keytype;
-};
-
 #define bf_nframes      	bf_state.bfs_nframes
 #define bf_al           	bf_state.bfs_al
 #define bf_frmlen       	bf_state.bfs_frmlen
@@ -125,21 +115,6 @@ struct ath_buf_state {
 #define bf_isretried(bf)	(bf->bf_state.bf_type & BUF_RETRY)
 #define bf_isxretried(bf)	(bf->bf_state.bf_type & BUF_XRETRY)
 
-struct ath_buf {
-	struct list_head list;
-	struct ath_buf *bf_lastbf;	/* last buf of this unit (a frame or
-					   an aggregate) */
-	struct ath_buf *bf_next;	/* next subframe in the aggregate */
-	struct sk_buff *bf_mpdu;	/* enclosing frame structure */
-	struct ath_desc *bf_desc;	/* virtual addr of desc */
-	dma_addr_t bf_daddr;		/* physical addr of desc */
-	dma_addr_t bf_buf_addr;		/* physical addr of data buffer */
-	bool bf_stale;
-	u16 bf_flags;
-	struct ath_buf_state bf_state;
-	dma_addr_t bf_dmacontext;
-};
-
 struct ath_descdma {
 	struct ath_desc *dd_desc;
 	dma_addr_t dd_desc_paddr;
@@ -159,13 +134,9 @@ void ath_descdma_cleanup(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_descdma *dd,
 
 #define ATH_MAX_ANTENNA         3
 #define ATH_RXBUF               512
-#define WME_NUM_TID             16
 #define ATH_TXBUF               512
 #define ATH_TXMAXTRY            13
 #define ATH_MGT_TXMAXTRY        4
-#define WME_BA_BMP_SIZE         64
-#define WME_MAX_BA              WME_BA_BMP_SIZE
-#define ATH_TID_MAX_BUFS        (2 * WME_MAX_BA)
 
 #define TID_TO_WME_AC(_tid)				\
 	((((_tid) == 0) || ((_tid) == 3)) ? WME_AC_BE :	\
@@ -173,12 +144,6 @@ void ath_descdma_cleanup(struct ath_softc *sc, struct ath_descdma *dd,
 	 (((_tid) == 4) || ((_tid) == 5)) ? WME_AC_VI :	\
 	 WME_AC_VO)
 
-#define WME_AC_BE   0
-#define WME_AC_BK   1
-#define WME_AC_VI   2
-#define WME_AC_VO   3
-#define WME_NUM_AC  4
-
 #define ADDBA_EXCHANGE_ATTEMPTS    10
 #define ATH_AGGR_DELIM_SZ          4
 #define ATH_AGGR_MINPLEN           256 /* in bytes, minimum packet length */
@@ -252,30 +217,6 @@ struct ath_txq {
 #define AGGR_ADDBA_COMPLETE  BIT(2)
 #define AGGR_ADDBA_PROGRESS  BIT(3)
 
-struct ath_atx_tid {
-	struct list_head list;
-	struct list_head buf_q;
-	struct ath_node *an;
-	struct ath_atx_ac *ac;
-	struct ath_buf *tx_buf[ATH_TID_MAX_BUFS];
-	u16 seq_start;
-	u16 seq_next;
-	u16 baw_size;
-	int tidno;
-	int baw_head;	/* first un-acked tx buffer */
-	int baw_tail;	/* next unused tx buffer slot */
-	int sched;
-	int paused;
-	u8 state;
-};
-
-struct ath_atx_ac {
-	int sched;
-	int qnum;
-	struct list_head list;
-	struct list_head tid_q;
-};
-
 struct ath_tx_control {
 	struct ath_txq *txq;
 	int if_id;
@@ -286,29 +227,6 @@ struct ath_tx_control {
 #define ATH_TX_XRETRY       0x02
 #define ATH_TX_BAR          0x04
 
-#define ATH_RSSI_LPF_LEN 		10
-#define RSSI_LPF_THRESHOLD		-20
-#define ATH_RSSI_EP_MULTIPLIER     (1<<7)
-#define ATH_EP_MUL(x, mul)         ((x) * (mul))
-#define ATH_RSSI_IN(x)             (ATH_EP_MUL((x), ATH_RSSI_EP_MULTIPLIER))
-#define ATH_LPF_RSSI(x, y, len) \
-    ((x != ATH_RSSI_DUMMY_MARKER) ? (((x) * ((len) - 1) + (y)) / (len)) : (y))
-#define ATH_RSSI_LPF(x, y) do {                     			\
-    if ((y) >= RSSI_LPF_THRESHOLD)                         		\
-	x = ATH_LPF_RSSI((x), ATH_RSSI_IN((y)), ATH_RSSI_LPF_LEN);  	\
-} while (0)
-#define ATH_EP_RND(x, mul) 						\
-	((((x)%(mul)) >= ((mul)/2)) ? ((x) + ((mul) - 1)) / (mul) : (x)/(mul))
-
-struct ath_node {
-	struct ath_softc *an_sc;
-	struct ath_atx_tid tid[WME_NUM_TID];
-	struct ath_atx_ac ac[WME_NUM_AC];
-	u16 maxampdu;
-	u8 mpdudensity;
-	int last_rssi;
-};
-
 struct ath_tx {
 	u16 seq_no;
 	u32 txqsetup;
@@ -493,7 +411,6 @@ struct ath_led {
 #define IEEE80211_WEP_NKID      4       /* number of key ids */
 
 #define ATH_TXPOWER_MAX         100     /* .5 dBm units */
-#define ATH_RSSI_DUMMY_MARKER   0x127
 #define ATH_RATE_DUMMY_MARKER   0
 
 #define SC_OP_INVALID           BIT(0)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/common.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/common.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5fb164e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/common.c
@@ -0,0 +1,326 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2009 Atheros Communications Inc.
+ *
+ * Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any
+ * purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
+ * copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
+ * WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
+ * MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
+ * ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
+ * WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
+ * ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
+ * OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Module for common driver code between ath9k and ath9k_htc
+ */
+
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+
+#include "common.h"
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Atheros Communications");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Shared library for Atheros wireless 802.11n LAN cards.");
+MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
+
+/* Common RX processing */
+
+/* Assumes you've already done the endian to CPU conversion */
+static bool ath9k_rx_accept(struct ath_common *common,
+			    struct sk_buff *skb,
+			    struct ieee80211_rx_status *rxs,
+			    struct ath_rx_status *rx_stats,
+			    bool *decrypt_error)
+{
+	struct ath_hw *ah = common->ah;
+	struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr;
+	__le16 fc;
+
+	hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *) skb->data;
+	fc = hdr->frame_control;
+
+	if (!rx_stats->rs_datalen)
+		return false;
+        /*
+         * rs_status follows rs_datalen so if rs_datalen is too large
+         * we can take a hint that hardware corrupted it, so ignore
+         * those frames.
+         */
+	if (rx_stats->rs_datalen > common->rx_bufsize)
+		return false;
+
+	if (rx_stats->rs_more) {
+		/*
+		 * Frame spans multiple descriptors; this cannot happen yet
+		 * as we don't support jumbograms. If not in monitor mode,
+		 * discard the frame. Enable this if you want to see
+		 * error frames in Monitor mode.
+		 */
+		if (ah->opmode != NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR)
+			return false;
+	} else if (rx_stats->rs_status != 0) {
+		if (rx_stats->rs_status & ATH9K_RXERR_CRC)
+			rxs->flag |= RX_FLAG_FAILED_FCS_CRC;
+		if (rx_stats->rs_status & ATH9K_RXERR_PHY)
+			return false;
+
+		if (rx_stats->rs_status & ATH9K_RXERR_DECRYPT) {
+			*decrypt_error = true;
+		} else if (rx_stats->rs_status & ATH9K_RXERR_MIC) {
+			if (ieee80211_is_ctl(fc))
+				/*
+				 * Sometimes, we get invalid
+				 * MIC failures on valid control frames.
+				 * Remove these mic errors.
+				 */
+				rx_stats->rs_status &= ~ATH9K_RXERR_MIC;
+			else
+				rxs->flag |= RX_FLAG_MMIC_ERROR;
+		}
+		/*
+		 * Reject error frames with the exception of
+		 * decryption and MIC failures. For monitor mode,
+		 * we also ignore the CRC error.
+		 */
+		if (ah->opmode == NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR) {
+			if (rx_stats->rs_status &
+			    ~(ATH9K_RXERR_DECRYPT | ATH9K_RXERR_MIC |
+			      ATH9K_RXERR_CRC))
+				return false;
+		} else {
+			if (rx_stats->rs_status &
+			    ~(ATH9K_RXERR_DECRYPT | ATH9K_RXERR_MIC)) {
+				return false;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return true;
+}
+
+static u8 ath9k_process_rate(struct ath_common *common,
+			     struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
+			     struct ath_rx_status *rx_stats,
+			     struct ieee80211_rx_status *rxs,
+			     struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband;
+	enum ieee80211_band band;
+	unsigned int i = 0;
+
+	band = hw->conf.channel->band;
+	sband = hw->wiphy->bands[band];
+
+	if (rx_stats->rs_rate & 0x80) {
+		/* HT rate */
+		rxs->flag |= RX_FLAG_HT;
+		if (rx_stats->rs_flags & ATH9K_RX_2040)
+			rxs->flag |= RX_FLAG_40MHZ;
+		if (rx_stats->rs_flags & ATH9K_RX_GI)
+			rxs->flag |= RX_FLAG_SHORT_GI;
+		return rx_stats->rs_rate & 0x7f;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < sband->n_bitrates; i++) {
+		if (sband->bitrates[i].hw_value == rx_stats->rs_rate)
+			return i;
+		if (sband->bitrates[i].hw_value_short == rx_stats->rs_rate) {
+			rxs->flag |= RX_FLAG_SHORTPRE;
+			return i;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* No valid hardware bitrate found -- we should not get here */
+	ath_print(common, ATH_DBG_XMIT, "unsupported hw bitrate detected "
+		  "0x%02x using 1 Mbit\n", rx_stats->rs_rate);
+	if ((common->debug_mask & ATH_DBG_XMIT))
+		print_hex_dump_bytes("", DUMP_PREFIX_NONE, skb->data, skb->len);
+
+        return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Theory for reporting quality:
+ *
+ * At a hardware RSSI of 45 you will be able to use MCS 7  reliably.
+ * At a hardware RSSI of 45 you will be able to use MCS 15 reliably.
+ * At a hardware RSSI of 35 you should be able use 54 Mbps reliably.
+ *
+ * MCS 7  is the highets MCS index usable by a 1-stream device.
+ * MCS 15 is the highest MCS index usable by a 2-stream device.
+ *
+ * All ath9k devices are either 1-stream or 2-stream.
+ *
+ * How many bars you see is derived from the qual reporting.
+ *
+ * A more elaborate scheme can be used here but it requires tables
+ * of SNR/throughput for each possible mode used. For the MCS table
+ * you can refer to the wireless wiki:
+ *
+ * http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Documentation/ieee80211/802.11n
+ *
+ */
+static int ath9k_compute_qual(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
+			      struct ath_rx_status *rx_stats)
+{
+	int qual;
+
+	if (conf_is_ht(&hw->conf))
+		qual =  rx_stats->rs_rssi * 100 / 45;
+	else
+		qual =  rx_stats->rs_rssi * 100 / 35;
+
+	/*
+	 * rssi can be more than 45 though, anything above that
+	 * should be considered at 100%
+	 */
+	if (qual > 100)
+		qual = 100;
+
+	return qual;
+}
+
+static void ath9k_process_rssi(struct ath_common *common,
+			       struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
+			       struct sk_buff *skb,
+			       struct ath_rx_status *rx_stats)
+{
+	struct ath_hw *ah = common->ah;
+	struct ieee80211_sta *sta;
+	struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr;
+	struct ath_node *an;
+	int last_rssi = ATH_RSSI_DUMMY_MARKER;
+	__le16 fc;
+
+	hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *)skb->data;
+	fc = hdr->frame_control;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	/*
+	 * XXX: use ieee80211_find_sta! This requires quite a bit of work
+	 * under the current ath9k virtual wiphy implementation as we have
+	 * no way of tying a vif to wiphy. Typically vifs are attached to
+	 * at least one sdata of a wiphy on mac80211 but with ath9k virtual
+	 * wiphy you'd have to iterate over every wiphy and each sdata.
+	 */
+	sta = ieee80211_find_sta_by_hw(hw, hdr->addr2);
+	if (sta) {
+		an = (struct ath_node *) sta->drv_priv;
+		if (rx_stats->rs_rssi != ATH9K_RSSI_BAD &&
+		   !rx_stats->rs_moreaggr)
+			ATH_RSSI_LPF(an->last_rssi, rx_stats->rs_rssi);
+		last_rssi = an->last_rssi;
+	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	if (likely(last_rssi != ATH_RSSI_DUMMY_MARKER))
+		rx_stats->rs_rssi = ATH_EP_RND(last_rssi,
+					      ATH_RSSI_EP_MULTIPLIER);
+	if (rx_stats->rs_rssi < 0)
+		rx_stats->rs_rssi = 0;
+	else if (rx_stats->rs_rssi > 127)
+		rx_stats->rs_rssi = 127;
+
+	/* Update Beacon RSSI, this is used by ANI. */
+	if (ieee80211_is_beacon(fc))
+		ah->stats.avgbrssi = rx_stats->rs_rssi;
+}
+
+/*
+ * For Decrypt or Demic errors, we only mark packet status here and always push
+ * up the frame up to let mac80211 handle the actual error case, be it no
+ * decryption key or real decryption error. This let us keep statistics there.
+ */
+int ath9k_cmn_rx_skb_preprocess(struct ath_common *common,
+				struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
+				struct sk_buff *skb,
+				struct ath_rx_status *rx_stats,
+				struct ieee80211_rx_status *rx_status,
+				bool *decrypt_error)
+{
+	struct ath_hw *ah = common->ah;
+
+	if (!ath9k_rx_accept(common, skb, rx_status, rx_stats, decrypt_error))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	ath9k_process_rssi(common, hw, skb, rx_stats);
+
+	rx_status->rate_idx = ath9k_process_rate(common, hw,
+						 rx_stats, rx_status, skb);
+	rx_status->mactime = ath9k_hw_extend_tsf(ah, rx_stats->rs_tstamp);
+	rx_status->band = hw->conf.channel->band;
+	rx_status->freq = hw->conf.channel->center_freq;
+	rx_status->noise = common->ani.noise_floor;
+	rx_status->signal = ATH_DEFAULT_NOISE_FLOOR + rx_stats->rs_rssi;
+	rx_status->antenna = rx_stats->rs_antenna;
+	rx_status->qual = ath9k_compute_qual(hw, rx_stats);
+	rx_status->flag |= RX_FLAG_TSFT;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ath9k_cmn_rx_skb_preprocess);
+
+void ath9k_cmn_rx_skb_postprocess(struct ath_common *common,
+				  struct sk_buff *skb,
+				  struct ath_rx_status *rx_stats,
+				  struct ieee80211_rx_status *rxs,
+				  bool decrypt_error)
+{
+	struct ath_hw *ah = common->ah;
+	struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr;
+	int hdrlen, padsize;
+	u8 keyix;
+	__le16 fc;
+
+	/* see if any padding is done by the hw and remove it */
+	hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *) skb->data;
+	hdrlen = ieee80211_get_hdrlen_from_skb(skb);
+	fc = hdr->frame_control;
+
+	/* The MAC header is padded to have 32-bit boundary if the
+	 * packet payload is non-zero. The general calculation for
+	 * padsize would take into account odd header lengths:
+	 * padsize = (4 - hdrlen % 4) % 4; However, since only
+	 * even-length headers are used, padding can only be 0 or 2
+	 * bytes and we can optimize this a bit. In addition, we must
+	 * not try to remove padding from short control frames that do
+	 * not have payload. */
+	padsize = hdrlen & 3;
+	if (padsize && hdrlen >= 24) {
+		memmove(skb->data + padsize, skb->data, hdrlen);
+		skb_pull(skb, padsize);
+	}
+
+	keyix = rx_stats->rs_keyix;
+
+	if (!(keyix == ATH9K_RXKEYIX_INVALID) && !decrypt_error) {
+		rxs->flag |= RX_FLAG_DECRYPTED;
+	} else if (ieee80211_has_protected(fc)
+		   && !decrypt_error && skb->len >= hdrlen + 4) {
+		keyix = skb->data[hdrlen + 3] >> 6;
+
+		if (test_bit(keyix, common->keymap))
+			rxs->flag |= RX_FLAG_DECRYPTED;
+	}
+	if (ah->sw_mgmt_crypto &&
+	    (rxs->flag & RX_FLAG_DECRYPTED) &&
+	    ieee80211_is_mgmt(fc))
+		/* Use software decrypt for management frames. */
+		rxs->flag &= ~RX_FLAG_DECRYPTED;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ath9k_cmn_rx_skb_postprocess);
+
+static int __init ath9k_cmn_init(void)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+module_init(ath9k_cmn_init);
+
+static void __exit ath9k_cmn_exit(void)
+{
+	return;
+}
+module_exit(ath9k_cmn_exit);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/common.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/common.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..292e3d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/common.h
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2009 Atheros Communications Inc.
+ *
+ * Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any
+ * purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
+ * copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
+ * WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
+ * MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
+ * ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
+ * WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
+ * ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
+ * OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#include <net/mac80211.h>
+
+#include "../ath.h"
+#include "../debug.h"
+
+#include "hw.h"
+
+/* Common header for Atheros 802.11n base driver cores */
+
+#define WME_NUM_TID             16
+#define WME_BA_BMP_SIZE         64
+#define WME_MAX_BA              WME_BA_BMP_SIZE
+#define ATH_TID_MAX_BUFS        (2 * WME_MAX_BA)
+
+#define WME_AC_BE   0
+#define WME_AC_BK   1
+#define WME_AC_VI   2
+#define WME_AC_VO   3
+#define WME_NUM_AC  4
+
+#define ATH_RSSI_DUMMY_MARKER   0x127
+#define ATH_RSSI_LPF_LEN 		10
+#define RSSI_LPF_THRESHOLD		-20
+#define ATH_RSSI_EP_MULTIPLIER     (1<<7)
+#define ATH_EP_MUL(x, mul)         ((x) * (mul))
+#define ATH_RSSI_IN(x)             (ATH_EP_MUL((x), ATH_RSSI_EP_MULTIPLIER))
+#define ATH_LPF_RSSI(x, y, len) \
+    ((x != ATH_RSSI_DUMMY_MARKER) ? (((x) * ((len) - 1) + (y)) / (len)) : (y))
+#define ATH_RSSI_LPF(x, y) do {                     			\
+    if ((y) >= RSSI_LPF_THRESHOLD)                         		\
+	x = ATH_LPF_RSSI((x), ATH_RSSI_IN((y)), ATH_RSSI_LPF_LEN);  	\
+} while (0)
+#define ATH_EP_RND(x, mul) 						\
+	((((x)%(mul)) >= ((mul)/2)) ? ((x) + ((mul) - 1)) / (mul) : (x)/(mul))
+
+struct ath_atx_ac {
+	int sched;
+	int qnum;
+	struct list_head list;
+	struct list_head tid_q;
+};
+
+struct ath_buf_state {
+	int bfs_nframes;
+	u16 bfs_al;
+	u16 bfs_frmlen;
+	int bfs_seqno;
+	int bfs_tidno;
+	int bfs_retries;
+	u8 bf_type;
+	u32 bfs_keyix;
+	enum ath9k_key_type bfs_keytype;
+};
+
+struct ath_buf {
+	struct list_head list;
+	struct ath_buf *bf_lastbf;	/* last buf of this unit (a frame or
+					   an aggregate) */
+	struct ath_buf *bf_next;	/* next subframe in the aggregate */
+	struct sk_buff *bf_mpdu;	/* enclosing frame structure */
+	struct ath_desc *bf_desc;	/* virtual addr of desc */
+	dma_addr_t bf_daddr;		/* physical addr of desc */
+	dma_addr_t bf_buf_addr;		/* physical addr of data buffer */
+	bool bf_stale;
+	u16 bf_flags;
+	struct ath_buf_state bf_state;
+	dma_addr_t bf_dmacontext;
+};
+
+struct ath_atx_tid {
+	struct list_head list;
+	struct list_head buf_q;
+	struct ath_node *an;
+	struct ath_atx_ac *ac;
+	struct ath_buf *tx_buf[ATH_TID_MAX_BUFS];
+	u16 seq_start;
+	u16 seq_next;
+	u16 baw_size;
+	int tidno;
+	int baw_head;   /* first un-acked tx buffer */
+	int baw_tail;   /* next unused tx buffer slot */
+	int sched;
+	int paused;
+	u8 state;
+};
+
+struct ath_node {
+	struct ath_common *common;
+	struct ath_atx_tid tid[WME_NUM_TID];
+	struct ath_atx_ac ac[WME_NUM_AC];
+	u16 maxampdu;
+	u8 mpdudensity;
+	int last_rssi;
+};
+
+int ath9k_cmn_rx_skb_preprocess(struct ath_common *common,
+				struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
+				struct sk_buff *skb,
+				struct ath_rx_status *rx_stats,
+				struct ieee80211_rx_status *rx_status,
+				bool *decrypt_error);
+
+void ath9k_cmn_rx_skb_postprocess(struct ath_common *common,
+				  struct sk_buff *skb,
+				  struct ath_rx_status *rx_stats,
+				  struct ieee80211_rx_status *rxs,
+				  bool decrypt_error);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.h
index fa21a62..94cb9f8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/rc.h
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 #ifndef RC_H
 #define RC_H
 
+#include "hw.h"
+
 struct ath_softc;
 
 #define ATH_RATE_MAX     30
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c
index 8b7489d..477365e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/recv.c
@@ -89,282 +89,6 @@ static void ath_setdefantenna(struct ath_softc *sc, u32 antenna)
 	sc->rx.rxotherant = 0;
 }
 
-/* Assumes you've already done the endian to CPU conversion */
-static bool ath9k_rx_accept(struct ath_common *common,
-			    struct sk_buff *skb,
-			    struct ieee80211_rx_status *rxs,
-			    struct ath_rx_status *rx_stats,
-			    bool *decrypt_error)
-{
-	struct ath_hw *ah = common->ah;
-	struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr;
-	__le16 fc;
-
-	hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *) skb->data;
-	fc = hdr->frame_control;
-
-	if (!rx_stats->rs_datalen)
-		return false;
-        /*
-         * rs_status follows rs_datalen so if rs_datalen is too large
-         * we can take a hint that hardware corrupted it, so ignore
-         * those frames.
-         */
-	if (rx_stats->rs_datalen > common->rx_bufsize)
-		return false;
-
-	if (rx_stats->rs_more) {
-		/*
-		 * Frame spans multiple descriptors; this cannot happen yet
-		 * as we don't support jumbograms. If not in monitor mode,
-		 * discard the frame. Enable this if you want to see
-		 * error frames in Monitor mode.
-		 */
-		if (ah->opmode != NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR)
-			return false;
-	} else if (rx_stats->rs_status != 0) {
-		if (rx_stats->rs_status & ATH9K_RXERR_CRC)
-			rxs->flag |= RX_FLAG_FAILED_FCS_CRC;
-		if (rx_stats->rs_status & ATH9K_RXERR_PHY)
-			return false;
-
-		if (rx_stats->rs_status & ATH9K_RXERR_DECRYPT) {
-			*decrypt_error = true;
-		} else if (rx_stats->rs_status & ATH9K_RXERR_MIC) {
-			if (ieee80211_is_ctl(fc))
-				/*
-				 * Sometimes, we get invalid
-				 * MIC failures on valid control frames.
-				 * Remove these mic errors.
-				 */
-				rx_stats->rs_status &= ~ATH9K_RXERR_MIC;
-			else
-				rxs->flag |= RX_FLAG_MMIC_ERROR;
-		}
-		/*
-		 * Reject error frames with the exception of
-		 * decryption and MIC failures. For monitor mode,
-		 * we also ignore the CRC error.
-		 */
-		if (ah->opmode == NL80211_IFTYPE_MONITOR) {
-			if (rx_stats->rs_status &
-			    ~(ATH9K_RXERR_DECRYPT | ATH9K_RXERR_MIC |
-			      ATH9K_RXERR_CRC))
-				return false;
-		} else {
-			if (rx_stats->rs_status &
-			    ~(ATH9K_RXERR_DECRYPT | ATH9K_RXERR_MIC)) {
-				return false;
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	return true;
-}
-
-static u8 ath9k_process_rate(struct ath_common *common,
-			     struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
-			     struct ath_rx_status *rx_stats,
-			     struct ieee80211_rx_status *rxs,
-			     struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-	struct ieee80211_supported_band *sband;
-	enum ieee80211_band band;
-	unsigned int i = 0;
-
-	band = hw->conf.channel->band;
-	sband = hw->wiphy->bands[band];
-
-	if (rx_stats->rs_rate & 0x80) {
-		/* HT rate */
-		rxs->flag |= RX_FLAG_HT;
-		if (rx_stats->rs_flags & ATH9K_RX_2040)
-			rxs->flag |= RX_FLAG_40MHZ;
-		if (rx_stats->rs_flags & ATH9K_RX_GI)
-			rxs->flag |= RX_FLAG_SHORT_GI;
-		return rx_stats->rs_rate & 0x7f;
-	}
-
-	for (i = 0; i < sband->n_bitrates; i++) {
-		if (sband->bitrates[i].hw_value == rx_stats->rs_rate)
-			return i;
-		if (sband->bitrates[i].hw_value_short == rx_stats->rs_rate) {
-			rxs->flag |= RX_FLAG_SHORTPRE;
-			return i;
-		}
-	}
-
-	/* No valid hardware bitrate found -- we should not get here */
-	ath_print(common, ATH_DBG_XMIT, "unsupported hw bitrate detected "
-		  "0x%02x using 1 Mbit\n", rx_stats->rs_rate);
-	if ((common->debug_mask & ATH_DBG_XMIT))
-		print_hex_dump_bytes("", DUMP_PREFIX_NONE, skb->data, skb->len);
-
-        return 0;
-}
-
-/*
- * Theory for reporting quality:
- *
- * At a hardware RSSI of 45 you will be able to use MCS 7  reliably.
- * At a hardware RSSI of 45 you will be able to use MCS 15 reliably.
- * At a hardware RSSI of 35 you should be able use 54 Mbps reliably.
- *
- * MCS 7  is the highets MCS index usable by a 1-stream device.
- * MCS 15 is the highest MCS index usable by a 2-stream device.
- *
- * All ath9k devices are either 1-stream or 2-stream.
- *
- * How many bars you see is derived from the qual reporting.
- *
- * A more elaborate scheme can be used here but it requires tables
- * of SNR/throughput for each possible mode used. For the MCS table
- * you can refer to the wireless wiki:
- *
- * http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Documentation/ieee80211/802.11n
- *
- */
-static int ath9k_compute_qual(struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
-			      struct ath_rx_status *rx_stats)
-{
-	int qual;
-
-	if (conf_is_ht(&hw->conf))
-		qual =  rx_stats->rs_rssi * 100 / 45;
-	else
-		qual =  rx_stats->rs_rssi * 100 / 35;
-
-	/*
-	 * rssi can be more than 45 though, anything above that
-	 * should be considered at 100%
-	 */
-	if (qual > 100)
-		qual = 100;
-
-	return qual;
-}
-
-static void ath9k_process_rssi(struct ath_common *common,
-			       struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
-			       struct sk_buff *skb,
-			       struct ath_rx_status *rx_stats)
-{
-	struct ath_hw *ah = common->ah;
-	struct ieee80211_sta *sta;
-	struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr;
-	struct ath_node *an;
-	int last_rssi = ATH_RSSI_DUMMY_MARKER;
-	__le16 fc;
-
-	hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *)skb->data;
-	fc = hdr->frame_control;
-
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	/* XXX: use ieee80211_find_sta! */
-	sta = ieee80211_find_sta_by_hw(hw, hdr->addr2);
-	if (sta) {
-		an = (struct ath_node *) sta->drv_priv;
-		if (rx_stats->rs_rssi != ATH9K_RSSI_BAD &&
-		   !rx_stats->rs_moreaggr)
-			ATH_RSSI_LPF(an->last_rssi, rx_stats->rs_rssi);
-		last_rssi = an->last_rssi;
-	}
-	rcu_read_unlock();
-
-	if (likely(last_rssi != ATH_RSSI_DUMMY_MARKER))
-		rx_stats->rs_rssi = ATH_EP_RND(last_rssi,
-					      ATH_RSSI_EP_MULTIPLIER);
-	if (rx_stats->rs_rssi < 0)
-		rx_stats->rs_rssi = 0;
-	else if (rx_stats->rs_rssi > 127)
-		rx_stats->rs_rssi = 127;
-
-	/* Update Beacon RSSI, this is used by ANI. */
-	if (ieee80211_is_beacon(fc))
-		ah->stats.avgbrssi = rx_stats->rs_rssi;
-}
-
-/*
- * For Decrypt or Demic errors, we only mark packet status here and always push
- * up the frame up to let mac80211 handle the actual error case, be it no
- * decryption key or real decryption error. This let us keep statistics there.
- */
-static int ath9k_rx_skb_preprocess(struct ath_common *common,
-				   struct ieee80211_hw *hw,
-				   struct sk_buff *skb,
-				   struct ath_rx_status *rx_stats,
-				   struct ieee80211_rx_status *rx_status,
-				   bool *decrypt_error)
-{
-	struct ath_hw *ah = common->ah;
-
-	if (!ath9k_rx_accept(common, skb, rx_status, rx_stats, decrypt_error))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	ath9k_process_rssi(common, hw, skb, rx_stats);
-
-	rx_status->rate_idx = ath9k_process_rate(common, hw,
-						 rx_stats, rx_status, skb);
-	rx_status->mactime = ath9k_hw_extend_tsf(ah, rx_stats->rs_tstamp);
-	rx_status->band = hw->conf.channel->band;
-	rx_status->freq = hw->conf.channel->center_freq;
-	rx_status->noise = common->ani.noise_floor;
-	rx_status->signal = ATH_DEFAULT_NOISE_FLOOR + rx_stats->rs_rssi;
-	rx_status->antenna = rx_stats->rs_antenna;
-	rx_status->qual = ath9k_compute_qual(hw, rx_stats);
-	rx_status->flag |= RX_FLAG_TSFT;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static void ath9k_rx_skb_postprocess(struct ath_common *common,
-				     struct sk_buff *skb,
-				     struct ath_rx_status *rx_stats,
-				     struct ieee80211_rx_status *rxs,
-				     bool decrypt_error)
-{
-	struct ath_hw *ah = common->ah;
-	struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr;
-	int hdrlen, padsize;
-	u8 keyix;
-	__le16 fc;
-
-	/* see if any padding is done by the hw and remove it */
-	hdr = (struct ieee80211_hdr *) skb->data;
-	hdrlen = ieee80211_get_hdrlen_from_skb(skb);
-	fc = hdr->frame_control;
-
-	/* The MAC header is padded to have 32-bit boundary if the
-	 * packet payload is non-zero. The general calculation for
-	 * padsize would take into account odd header lengths:
-	 * padsize = (4 - hdrlen % 4) % 4; However, since only
-	 * even-length headers are used, padding can only be 0 or 2
-	 * bytes and we can optimize this a bit. In addition, we must
-	 * not try to remove padding from short control frames that do
-	 * not have payload. */
-	padsize = hdrlen & 3;
-	if (padsize && hdrlen >= 24) {
-		memmove(skb->data + padsize, skb->data, hdrlen);
-		skb_pull(skb, padsize);
-	}
-
-	keyix = rx_stats->rs_keyix;
-
-	if (!(keyix == ATH9K_RXKEYIX_INVALID) && !decrypt_error) {
-		rxs->flag |= RX_FLAG_DECRYPTED;
-	} else if (ieee80211_has_protected(fc)
-		   && !decrypt_error && skb->len >= hdrlen + 4) {
-		keyix = skb->data[hdrlen + 3] >> 6;
-
-		if (test_bit(keyix, common->keymap))
-			rxs->flag |= RX_FLAG_DECRYPTED;
-	}
-	if (ah->sw_mgmt_crypto &&
-	    (rxs->flag & RX_FLAG_DECRYPTED) &&
-	    ieee80211_is_mgmt(fc))
-		/* Use software decrypt for management frames. */
-		rxs->flag &= ~RX_FLAG_DECRYPTED;
-}
-
 static void ath_opmode_init(struct ath_softc *sc)
 {
 	struct ath_hw *ah = sc->sc_ah;
@@ -854,8 +578,8 @@ int ath_rx_tasklet(struct ath_softc *sc, int flush)
 		if (flush)
 			goto requeue;
 
-		retval = ath9k_rx_skb_preprocess(common, hw, skb, rx_stats,
-						 rxs, &decrypt_error);
+		retval = ath9k_cmn_rx_skb_preprocess(common, hw, skb, rx_stats,
+						     rxs, &decrypt_error);
 		if (retval)
 			goto requeue;
 
@@ -877,8 +601,8 @@ int ath_rx_tasklet(struct ath_softc *sc, int flush)
 
 		skb_put(skb, rx_stats->rs_datalen);
 
-		ath9k_rx_skb_postprocess(common, skb, rx_stats,
-					 rxs, decrypt_error);
+		ath9k_cmn_rx_skb_postprocess(common, skb, rx_stats,
+					     rxs, decrypt_error);
 
 		/* We will now give hardware our shiny new allocated skb */
 		bf->bf_mpdu = requeue_skb;
