vice, it is necessary to loopback the TX when changing channels. Unless this is properly restored, the device will lockup. A mutex now protects the device state, and the private data in several places. The problem was found by Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski , who also suggested this type of fix. Signed-off-by: Larry Finger Acked-by: Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski Acked-by: Hin-Tak Leung Signed-off-by: John W. Linville aښ