diff -urN madwifi-ng-r2377-20070526.old/ath/if_ath.c madwifi-ng-r2377-20070526.dev/ath/if_ath.c
--- madwifi-ng-r2377-20070526.old/ath/if_ath.c	2007-05-26 18:51:08.393811488 +0200
+++ madwifi-ng-r2377-20070526.dev/ath/if_ath.c	2007-05-26 18:51:08.485797504 +0200
@@ -1959,7 +1959,10 @@
 		ath_draintxq(sc);
 		if (!sc->sc_invalid) {
 			ath_stoprecv(sc);
+
+			/* XXX: this helps to avoid crashes on ifconfig down/up
 			ath_hal_phydisable(ah);
+			 */
 		} else
 			sc->sc_rxlink = NULL;
 		ath_beacon_free(sc);		/* XXX needed? */