diff --git a/otus/freebsd/src/sys/dev/athp/ath10k/htt_rx.c b/otus/freebsd/src/sys/dev/athp/ath10k/htt_rx.c
index 1b7a0436..fc1d88e9 100644
--- a/otus/freebsd/src/sys/dev/athp/ath10k/htt_rx.c
+++ b/otus/freebsd/src/sys/dev/athp/ath10k/htt_rx.c
@@ -1473,7 +1473,7 @@ static bool ath10k_htt_rx_amsdu_allowed(struct ath10k *ar,
 	 */
 
 	if (!rx_status->freq) {
-		ath10k_warn(ar, "no channel configured; ignoring frame(s)!\n");
+		//ath10k_warn(ar, "no channel configured; ignoring frame(s)!\n");
 		return false;
 	}
 
diff --git a/otus/freebsd/src/sys/dev/athp/hal/wmi.h b/otus/freebsd/src/sys/dev/athp/hal/wmi.h
index 62fb95e3..ebda87c5 100644
--- a/otus/freebsd/src/sys/dev/athp/hal/wmi.h
+++ b/otus/freebsd/src/sys/dev/athp/hal/wmi.h
@@ -1973,6 +1973,7 @@ struct wmi_10x_service_ready_event {
 
 #define WMI_SERVICE_READY_TIMEOUT_MSEC (5000)
 #define WMI_UNIFIED_READY_TIMEOUT_MSEC (5000)
+#define WMI_TX_BEACONS_READY_TIMEOUT_MSEC (3000)
 
 struct wmi_ready_event {
 	__le32 sw_version;
diff --git a/otus/freebsd/src/sys/dev/athp/if_athp_core.c b/otus/freebsd/src/sys/dev/athp/if_athp_core.c
index 0c8fda55..4e2cf8ca 100644
--- a/otus/freebsd/src/sys/dev/athp/if_athp_core.c
+++ b/otus/freebsd/src/sys/dev/athp/if_athp_core.c
@@ -1342,6 +1342,7 @@ ath10k_core_init_firmware_features(struct ath10k *ar)
 int
 ath10k_core_start(struct ath10k *ar, enum ath10k_firmware_mode mode)
 {
+	//ath10k_compl_init(&ar->wmi.tx_beacons_ready);
 	int status;
 
 	ATHP_CONF_LOCK_ASSERT(ar);
@@ -1470,6 +1471,12 @@ ath10k_core_start(struct ath10k *ar, enum ath10k_firmware_mode mode)
 		goto err_hif_stop;
 	}
 
+	status = ath10k_wmi_wait_for_tx_beacons_ready(ar);
+	if (status) {
+		ath10k_err(ar, "wmi tx beacons ready event not received\n");
+		goto err_hif_stop;
+	}
+
 	status = ath10k_wmi_wait_for_unified_ready(ar);
 	if (status) {
 		ath10k_err(ar, "wmi unified ready event not received\n");
@@ -1481,7 +1488,10 @@ ath10k_core_start(struct ath10k *ar, enum ath10k_firmware_mode mode)
 	 */
 	ar->htt.rx_ring.in_ord_rx = !!(test_bit(WMI_SERVICE_RX_FULL_REORDER,
 						ar->wmi.svc_map));
-
+	/* 
+	* added ath10k_wmi_wait_for_tx_beacons_ready above to wait for cmd_Send to basically finish so we don't have to locks trying to be held at the same time,
+	* causing a crash.
+	*/
 	status = ath10k_htt_rx_ring_refill(ar);
 	if (status) {
 		ath10k_err(ar, "failed to refill htt rx ring: %d\n", status);
@@ -1710,7 +1720,7 @@ attempt_ath10k_core_probe_fw(struct ath10k *ar, int anum)
 {
 	int status = ath10k_core_probe_fw(ar);
 	if (status) {
-		ath10k_err(ar, "could not probe fw, clean up allocations and memory and retry. (%d)\n", status);
+		ath10k_err(ar, "could not probe fw, clean up allocations, memory and retry. (%d)\n", status);
 		tsleep(ar, 1, "pausing to wait for the ath cpu to be ready.", 250);
 		if(anum < ATH10K_FW_PROBE_RETRIES) {
 			clean_ath10k_core_probe_fw(ar);
diff --git a/otus/freebsd/src/sys/dev/athp/if_athp_fwlog.c b/otus/freebsd/src/sys/dev/athp/if_athp_fwlog.c
index d819984f..8d5cf6ec 100644
--- a/otus/freebsd/src/sys/dev/athp/if_athp_fwlog.c
+++ b/otus/freebsd/src/sys/dev/athp/if_athp_fwlog.c
@@ -1550,18 +1550,23 @@ ath10k_fwlog_print_work(void *arg, int npending)
 void
 ath10k_handle_fwlog_msg(struct ath10k *ar, struct athp_buf *skb)
 {
-	ATHP_FWLOG_LOCK(ar);
+	if(ar != NULL && mtx_initialized(&ar->fwlog_mtx) != 0) {
+		ATHP_FWLOG_LOCK(ar);
 
-	if (ar->fwlog_tx_queue_len > ATH10K_FWLOG_MAX_EVT_QUEUE) {
-		ath10k_warn(ar, "reached fwlog queue limit\n");
-		athp_freebuf(ar, &ar->buf_rx, skb);
-		return;
-	}
+		if (ar->fwlog_tx_queue_len > ATH10K_FWLOG_MAX_EVT_QUEUE) {
+			ath10k_warn(ar, "reached fwlog queue limit\n");
+			athp_freebuf(ar, &ar->buf_rx, skb);
+			return;
+		}
 
-	TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&ar->fwlog_tx_queue, skb, next);
-	ar->fwlog_tx_queue_len++;
-	taskqueue_enqueue(ar->workqueue, &ar->fwlog_tx_work);
-	ATHP_FWLOG_UNLOCK(ar);
+		TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&ar->fwlog_tx_queue, skb, next);
+		ar->fwlog_tx_queue_len++;
+		taskqueue_enqueue(ar->workqueue, &ar->fwlog_tx_work);
+		ATHP_FWLOG_UNLOCK(ar);
+	}
+	else {
+		//log that mutext is being locked upon and has never been initialized.
+	}
 }
 
 void ath10k_fwlog_register(struct ath10k *ar)
diff --git a/otus/freebsd/src/sys/dev/athp/if_athp_htt_rx.c b/otus/freebsd/src/sys/dev/athp/if_athp_htt_rx.c
index 44595428..8a20b1a2 100644
--- a/otus/freebsd/src/sys/dev/athp/if_athp_htt_rx.c
+++ b/otus/freebsd/src/sys/dev/athp/if_athp_htt_rx.c
@@ -2034,7 +2034,7 @@ static bool ath10k_htt_rx_amsdu_allowed(struct ath10k *ar,
 	 */
 
 	if (!rx_status->c_ieee) {
-		ath10k_warn(ar, "no channel configured; ignoring frame(s)!\n");
+		//ath10k_warn(ar, "no channel configured; ignoring frame(s)!\n");
 		return false;
 	}
 
diff --git a/otus/freebsd/src/sys/dev/athp/if_athp_mac.c b/otus/freebsd/src/sys/dev/athp/if_athp_mac.c
index a97be686..61c57a90 100644
--- a/otus/freebsd/src/sys/dev/athp/if_athp_mac.c
+++ b/otus/freebsd/src/sys/dev/athp/if_athp_mac.c
@@ -5357,7 +5357,6 @@ ath10k_add_interface(struct ath10k *ar, struct ieee80211vap *vif,
 #if 0
 	vif->driver_flags |= IEEE80211_VIF_SUPPORTS_UAPSD;
 #endif
-
 	ATHP_CONF_LOCK(ar);
 
 	arvif->ar = ar;
@@ -5441,6 +5440,8 @@ ath10k_add_interface(struct ath10k *ar, struct ieee80211vap *vif,
 		break;
 	case IEEE80211_M_HOSTAP:
 		arvif->vdev_type = WMI_VDEV_TYPE_AP;
+		/* Need to setup the dma buffer for hostap mode since we allocate it in the power on state 'athp_parent' */
+		arvif->beacon_buf = ar->beacon_buf;
 		break;
 	default:
 		ath10k_warn(ar, "%s: unsupported opmode (%d)\n", __func__, opmode);
@@ -5476,6 +5477,10 @@ ath10k_add_interface(struct ath10k *ar, struct ieee80211vap *vif,
 	 * beacon tx commands. Worst case for this approach is some beacons may
 	 * become corrupted, e.g. have garbled IEs or out-of-date TIM bitmap.
 	 */
+	/*
+	This is being moved to:
+	athp_parent
+	instead were it should be at otherwise we have to deal with locking that could possibly messup the entire add interface call.
 	if (opmode == IEEE80211_M_IBSS ||
 	    opmode == IEEE80211_M_HOSTAP) {
 		ret = athp_descdma_alloc(ar, &arvif->beacon_buf,
@@ -5485,7 +5490,7 @@ ath10k_add_interface(struct ath10k *ar, struct ieee80211vap *vif,
 			    "%s: TODO: beacon_buf failed to allocate\n", __func__);
 			goto err;
 		}
-	}
+	}*/
 	if (test_bit(ATH10K_FLAG_HW_CRYPTO_DISABLED, &ar->dev_flags))
 		arvif->nohwcrypt = true;
 
@@ -5649,7 +5654,8 @@ ath10k_add_interface(struct ath10k *ar, struct ieee80211vap *vif,
 	arvif->vdev_id = 0;
 
 err:
-	athp_descdma_free(ar, &arvif->beacon_buf);
+	/* This is no longer happening here check athp_parent */
+	//athp_descdma_free(ar, &arvif->beacon_buf);
 
 	ATHP_CONF_UNLOCK(ar);
 
diff --git a/otus/freebsd/src/sys/dev/athp/if_athp_main.c b/otus/freebsd/src/sys/dev/athp/if_athp_main.c
index 4653513d..fb48618e 100644
--- a/otus/freebsd/src/sys/dev/athp/if_athp_main.c
+++ b/otus/freebsd/src/sys/dev/athp/if_athp_main.c
@@ -535,17 +535,22 @@ athp_parent(struct ieee80211com *ic, int attempts)
 
 			/* Power up */
 			ret = ath10k_start(ar);
-			if (ret != 0) {
-				ath10k_err(ar,
-				    "%s: ath10k_start failed; ret=%d\n",
-				    __func__, ret);
+			while(ret != 0) {
+				ret = ath10k_start(ar);
+				if (ret != 0) {
+					ath10k_err(ar,
+						"%s: ath10k_start failed; ret=%d\n",
+						__func__, ret);
 					if (attempts < 6) {
 						ath10k_err(ar,
 						"%s: ath10k_start failed, trying again; ret=%d\n",
 						__func__, ret);
-						athp_parent(ic, attempts++);
 					}
-				return;
+					else {
+						break;
+					}
+					attempts++;
+				}
 			}
 
 			ath10k_warn(ar, "%s: not yet running; start\n", __func__);
@@ -586,7 +591,6 @@ athp_parent(struct ieee80211com *ic, int attempts)
 			uvp->is_setup = 0;
 			ATHP_CONF_UNLOCK(ar);
 		}
-
 		/* Everything is shutdown; power off the chip */
 		ath10k_warn(ar, "%s: powering down\n", __func__);
 		ath10k_stop(ar);
@@ -2366,7 +2370,6 @@ athp_attach_11ac(struct ath10k *ar)
 	    __func__, m, ar->vht_cap_info);
 #endif
 }
-
 /*
  * Attach time setup.
  *
@@ -2425,7 +2428,7 @@ athp_attach_net80211(struct ath10k *ar)
 	    ic->ic_channels);
 
 	IEEE80211_ADDR_COPY(ic->ic_macaddr, ar->mac_addr);
-
+	printf("%s: called; ieee80211_ifattach\n", __func__);
 	ieee80211_ifattach(ic);
 
 	/* required 802.11 methods */
@@ -2458,11 +2461,15 @@ athp_attach_net80211(struct ath10k *ar)
 
 	/* Initial 11n state; capabilities */
 	if (ar->ht_cap_info & WMI_HT_CAP_ENABLED) {
+		printf("%s: called; athp_attach_11n\n", __func__);
 		athp_attach_11n(ar);
 		athp_attach_11ac(ar);
 	}
 
+	//athp_dma_allocate(ar);
+
 	/* radiotap attach */
+	printf("%s: called; ieee80211_radiotap_attach\n", __func__);
 	ieee80211_radiotap_attach(ic,
 	    &ar->sc_txtapu.th.wt_ihdr, sizeof(ar->sc_txtapu),
 	    ATH10K_TX_RADIOTAP_PRESENT,
@@ -2470,11 +2477,13 @@ athp_attach_net80211(struct ath10k *ar)
 	    ATH10K_RX_RADIOTAP_PRESENT);
 
 	// if (bootverbose)
-		ieee80211_announce(ic);
+	printf("%s: called; ieee80211_announce\n", __func__);
+	ieee80211_announce(ic);
 
 	/* Deferring work (eg crypto key updates) into net80211 taskqueue */
+	printf("%s: called; athp_taskq_init\n", __func__);
 	(void) athp_taskq_init(ar);
-
+	printf("%s: called; is returning\n", __func__);
 	return (0);
 }
 
@@ -2490,7 +2499,7 @@ athp_detach_net80211(struct ath10k *ar)
 	/* stop/drain taskq entries */
 	athp_taskq_flush(ar, 0);
 	athp_taskq_free(ar);
-
+	//athp_dma_deallocate(ar);
 	if (ic->ic_softc == ar)
 		ieee80211_ifdetach(ic);
 
diff --git a/otus/freebsd/src/sys/dev/athp/if_athp_pci.c b/otus/freebsd/src/sys/dev/athp/if_athp_pci.c
index 4e0371a7..c5da1712 100644
--- a/otus/freebsd/src/sys/dev/athp/if_athp_pci.c
+++ b/otus/freebsd/src/sys/dev/athp/if_athp_pci.c
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
 #include "if_athp_buf.h"
 #include "if_athp_trace.h"
 #include "if_athp_ioctl.h"
+#include "if_athp_mac.h"
 
 static device_probe_t athp_pci_probe;
 static device_attach_t athp_pci_attach;
@@ -696,6 +697,31 @@ athp_attach_preinit(void *arg)
 	ath10k_core_destroy(ar);
 }
 
+/*
+* Remove the allocation of the beacon buffer one time
+*/
+static void 
+athp_dma_deallocate_beacon(struct ath10k * ar) {
+	athp_descdma_free(ar, &ar->beacon_buf);
+}
+/*
+* Handle the dma allocations for the power up of the wifi card
+*/
+static int
+athp_dma_allocate_beacon(struct ath10k * ar)
+{
+	int ret = athp_descdma_alloc(ar, &ar->beacon_buf,
+		"beacon buf", 4, ATH10K_BEACON_BUF_LEN);
+	if (ret != 0) {
+		ath10k_warn(ar,
+			"%s: TODO: beacon_buf failed to allocate\n", __func__);
+		
+		athp_descdma_free(ar, &ar->beacon_buf);
+		return 0;
+	}
+	return 1;
+}
+
 static int
 athp_pci_attach(device_t dev)
 {
@@ -778,6 +804,9 @@ athp_pci_attach(device_t dev)
 		goto bad0;
 	}
 
+	/* setup the dma beacon allocations here */
+	athp_dma_allocate_beacon(ar);
+
 	/*
 	 * Initialise HTT descriptors/memory.
 	 */
@@ -974,7 +1003,6 @@ athp_pci_attach(device_t dev)
 		    "%s: couldn't establish preinit hook\n", __func__);
 		goto bad4;
 	}
-
 	return (0);
 
 	/* Fallthrough for setup failure */
@@ -1025,7 +1053,7 @@ athp_pci_detach(device_t dev)
 	ATHP_LOCK(ar);
 	ar->sc_invalid = 1;
 	ATHP_UNLOCK(ar);
-
+	athp_dma_deallocate_beacon(ar);
 	/* Shutdown ioctl handler */
 	athp_ioctl_teardown(ar);
 
diff --git a/otus/freebsd/src/sys/dev/athp/if_athp_var.h b/otus/freebsd/src/sys/dev/athp/if_athp_var.h
index dda41a74..14650280 100644
--- a/otus/freebsd/src/sys/dev/athp/if_athp_var.h
+++ b/otus/freebsd/src/sys/dev/athp/if_athp_var.h
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ struct ath10k_wmi {
 	enum ath10k_htc_ep_id eid;
 	struct ath10k_compl service_ready;
 	struct ath10k_compl unified_ready;
+	struct ath10k_compl tx_beacons_ready;
 	struct ath10k_wait tx_credits_wq;
 	int is_init;
 	DECLARE_BITMAP(svc_map, WMI_SERVICE_MAX);
@@ -399,6 +400,7 @@ struct ath10k {
 
 	unsigned long long free_vdev_map;
 	struct ath10k_vif *monitor_arvif;
+	struct athp_descdma beacon_buf;
 	bool monitor;
 	int monitor_vdev_id;
 	bool monitor_started;
diff --git a/otus/freebsd/src/sys/dev/athp/if_athp_wmi.c b/otus/freebsd/src/sys/dev/athp/if_athp_wmi.c
index 6a249ae4..305b33f8 100644
--- a/otus/freebsd/src/sys/dev/athp/if_athp_wmi.c
+++ b/otus/freebsd/src/sys/dev/athp/if_athp_wmi.c
@@ -1667,6 +1667,19 @@ int ath10k_wmi_wait_for_service_ready(struct ath10k *ar)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int ath10k_wmi_wait_for_tx_beacons_ready(struct ath10k *ar)
+{
+	unsigned long time_left;
+
+	time_left = ath10k_compl_wait(&ar->wmi.tx_beacons_ready,
+	    "wmi_tx_beacons_ready", &ar->sc_conf_mtx,
+	    WMI_TX_BEACONS_READY_TIMEOUT_MSEC);
+	if (!time_left)
+		return -ETIMEDOUT;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+
 int ath10k_wmi_wait_for_unified_ready(struct ath10k *ar)
 {
 	unsigned long time_left;
@@ -1806,6 +1819,7 @@ static void ath10k_wmi_tx_beacons_nowait(struct ath10k *ar)
 		ath10k_wmi_tx_beacon_nowait(vif);
 	}
 	ATHP_CONF_UNLOCK(ar);
+	ath10k_compl_wakeup_one(&ar->wmi.tx_beacons_ready);
 }
 
 static void ath10k_wmi_op_ep_tx_credits(struct ath10k *ar)
@@ -6998,7 +7012,7 @@ int ath10k_wmi_attach(struct ath10k *ar)
 
 	ath10k_compl_init(&ar->wmi.service_ready);
 	ath10k_compl_init(&ar->wmi.unified_ready);
-
+	ath10k_compl_init(&ar->wmi.tx_beacons_ready);
 	if (! ar->wmi.is_init) {
 		TASK_INIT(&ar->svc_rdy_work, 0, ath10k_wmi_event_service_ready_work, ar);
 	}
diff --git a/otus/freebsd/src/sys/dev/athp/if_athp_wmi.h b/otus/freebsd/src/sys/dev/athp/if_athp_wmi.h
index d3f91c39..1ed86390 100644
--- a/otus/freebsd/src/sys/dev/athp/if_athp_wmi.h
+++ b/otus/freebsd/src/sys/dev/athp/if_athp_wmi.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ int ath10k_wmi_attach(struct ath10k *ar);
 void ath10k_wmi_detach(struct ath10k *ar);
 void ath10k_wmi_detach_drain(struct ath10k *ar);
 int ath10k_wmi_wait_for_service_ready(struct ath10k *ar);
+int ath10k_wmi_wait_for_tx_beacons_ready(struct ath10k *ar);
 int ath10k_wmi_wait_for_unified_ready(struct ath10k *ar);
 
 struct athp_buf *ath10k_wmi_alloc_skb(struct ath10k *ar, u32 len);