void ar9170_unregister(struct ar9170 *ar);
 void ar9170_handle_tx_status(struct ar9170 *ar, struct sk_buff *skb,
                             bool update_statistics, u16 tx_status);
+void ar9170_handle_command_response(struct ar9170 *ar, void *buf, u32 len);
 
 /* MAC */
 int ar9170_op_tx(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb);
 
                                   msecs_to_jiffies(100));
 }
 
-static void ar9170_handle_command_response(struct ar9170 *ar,
-                                          void *buf, u32 len)
+void ar9170_handle_command_response(struct ar9170 *ar, void *buf, u32 len)
 {
        struct ar9170_cmd_response *cmd = (void *) buf;
 
 
        struct ar9170_usb *aru = (struct ar9170_usb *)
              usb_get_intfdata(usb_ifnum_to_if(urb->dev, 0));
 
-       if (!aru) {
+       if (unlikely(!aru)) {
                dev_kfree_skb_irq(skb);
                return ;
        }
                goto resubmit;
        }
 
-       print_hex_dump_bytes("ar9170 irq: ", DUMP_PREFIX_OFFSET,
-                            urb->transfer_buffer, urb->actual_length);
+       ar9170_handle_command_response(&aru->common, urb->transfer_buffer,
+                                      urb->actual_length);
 
 resubmit:
        usb_anchor_urb(urb, &aru->rx_submitted);
 
        usb_anchor_urb(urb, &aru->rx_submitted);
        err = usb_submit_urb(urb, GFP_ATOMIC);
-       if (err) {
+       if (unlikely(err)) {
                usb_unanchor_urb(urb);
-               dev_kfree_skb_irq(skb);
+               goto free;
        }
 
        return ;
 
 free:
        dev_kfree_skb_irq(skb);
-       return;
 }
 
 static int ar9170_usb_prep_rx_urb(struct ar9170_usb *aru,
 
        usb_anchor_urb(urb, &aru->tx_submitted);
        err = usb_submit_urb(urb, GFP_ATOMIC);
-       if (err) {
+       if (unlikely(err)) {
                usb_unanchor_urb(urb);
                usb_free_urb(urb);
                goto err_unbuf;
        unsigned long flags;
        u32 in, out;
 
-       if (!buffer)
+       if (unlikely(!buffer))
                return ;
 
        in = le32_to_cpup((__le32 *)buffer);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM
        udev->reset_resume = 1;
-#endif
+#endif /* CONFIG_PM */
        err = ar9170_usb_reset(aru);
        if (err)
                goto err_freehw;
        usb_unpoison_anchored_urbs(&aru->rx_submitted);
        usb_unpoison_anchored_urbs(&aru->tx_submitted);
 
-       /*
-        * FIXME: firmware upload will fail on resume.
-        * but this is better than a hang!
-        */
-
        err = ar9170_usb_init_device(aru);
        if (err)
                goto err_unrx;