Yes, and it has been reported: https://github.com/kaloz/mwlwifi/issues/36
I confirm !
I've tried latest david's release (r4088) and when wifi is on (5GHZ only for now), memory usage increase until the router reboot (the more the router is use, the more the memory increase fast)...
I'm going back to LEDE snapshot I think but before I'll try LEDE 17.01 with your drivers and see what happen 
I'm thinking of moving to LEDE from OpenWRT 15.01.1 on wrt1900acs, but I don't want any of these issues. Can you please post the results of your testing with 17.01?
There is a new driver available, which tackles the memory issue, and updates the binary driver; available at:
https://github.com/eduperez/mwlwifi/releases/download/f8a3c79/kmod-mwlwifi_4.4.61.10.3.4.0-20170512-f8a3c79-1_arm_cortex-a9_vfpv3.ipk
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Here there are:
Laptop 5GHZ / Router 5GHZ:
$ iperf3 -c linksys -fM
Connecting to host linksys, port 5201
[ 4] local 192.168.51.3 port 56782 connected to 192.168.51.254 port 5201
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr Cwnd
[ 4] 0.00-1.00 sec 54.1 MBytes 54.1 MBytes/sec 0 727 KBytes
[ 4] 1.00-2.00 sec 62.0 MBytes 62.0 MBytes/sec 0 810 KBytes
[ 4] 2.00-3.00 sec 62.2 MBytes 62.2 MBytes/sec 0 906 KBytes
[ 4] 3.00-4.00 sec 63.6 MBytes 63.6 MBytes/sec 0 906 KBytes
[ 4] 4.00-5.00 sec 63.3 MBytes 63.3 MBytes/sec 0 954 KBytes
[ 4] 5.00-6.00 sec 22.4 MBytes 22.4 MBytes/sec 0 954 KBytes
[ 4] 6.00-7.00 sec 40.5 MBytes 40.5 MBytes/sec 0 954 KBytes
[ 4] 7.00-8.00 sec 63.5 MBytes 63.5 MBytes/sec 0 954 KBytes
[ 4] 8.00-9.00 sec 63.8 MBytes 63.7 MBytes/sec 0 959 KBytes
[ 4] 9.00-10.00 sec 64.0 MBytes 64.1 MBytes/sec 0 962 KBytes
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr
[ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 559 MBytes 55.9 MBytes/sec 0 sender
[ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 556 MBytes 55.6 MBytes/sec receiver
$ iperf3 -c linksys -fM -R
Connecting to host linksys, port 5201
Reverse mode, remote host linksys is sending
[ 4] local 192.168.51.3 port 57202 connected to 192.168.51.254 port 5201
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth
[ 4] 0.00-1.00 sec 45.1 MBytes 45.1 MBytes/sec
[ 4] 1.00-2.00 sec 53.6 MBytes 53.6 MBytes/sec
[ 4] 2.00-3.00 sec 48.3 MBytes 48.3 MBytes/sec
[ 4] 3.00-4.00 sec 46.9 MBytes 46.9 MBytes/sec
[ 4] 4.00-5.00 sec 48.0 MBytes 48.0 MBytes/sec
[ 4] 5.00-6.00 sec 46.6 MBytes 46.6 MBytes/sec
[ 4] 6.00-7.00 sec 52.2 MBytes 52.2 MBytes/sec
[ 4] 7.00-8.00 sec 52.0 MBytes 52.0 MBytes/sec
[ 4] 8.00-9.00 sec 54.4 MBytes 54.4 MBytes/sec
[ 4] 9.00-10.00 sec 57.4 MBytes 57.4 MBytes/sec
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[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr
[ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 507 MBytes 50.7 MBytes/sec 0 sender
[ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 507 MBytes 50.7 MBytes/sec receiver
Laptop 2.4GHZ / Router 2.4GHZ:
$ iperf3 -c linksys -fM
Connecting to host linksys, port 5201
[ 4] local 192.168.51.3 port 59612 connected to 192.168.51.254 port 5201
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr Cwnd
[ 4] 0.00-1.00 sec 1.79 MBytes 1.79 MBytes/sec 0 77.8 KBytes
[ 4] 1.00-2.00 sec 3.54 MBytes 3.54 MBytes/sec 0 201 KBytes
[ 4] 2.00-3.00 sec 9.32 MBytes 9.32 MBytes/sec 0 488 KBytes
[ 4] 3.00-4.00 sec 6.77 MBytes 6.77 MBytes/sec 0 706 KBytes
[ 4] 4.00-5.00 sec 3.67 MBytes 3.66 MBytes/sec 0 741 KBytes
[ 4] 5.00-6.00 sec 2.11 MBytes 2.11 MBytes/sec 0 788 KBytes
[ 4] 6.00-7.00 sec 4.04 MBytes 4.04 MBytes/sec 0 788 KBytes
[ 4] 7.00-8.00 sec 1.68 MBytes 1.68 MBytes/sec 0 788 KBytes
[ 4] 8.00-9.00 sec 5.97 MBytes 5.96 MBytes/sec 0 789 KBytes
[ 4] 9.00-10.00 sec 6.21 MBytes 6.21 MBytes/sec 0 790 KBytes
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr
[ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 45.1 MBytes 4.51 MBytes/sec 0 sender
[ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 41.4 MBytes 4.14 MBytes/sec receiver
$ iperf3 -c linksys -fM -R
Connecting to host linksys, port 5201
Reverse mode, remote host linksys is sending
[ 4] local 192.168.51.3 port 33532 connected to 192.168.51.254 port 5201
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth
[ 4] 0.00-1.00 sec 4.49 MBytes 4.49 MBytes/sec
[ 4] 1.00-2.00 sec 1.78 MBytes 1.78 MBytes/sec
[ 4] 2.00-3.00 sec 2.77 MBytes 2.77 MBytes/sec
[ 4] 3.00-4.00 sec 4.57 MBytes 4.57 MBytes/sec
[ 4] 4.00-5.00 sec 5.19 MBytes 5.19 MBytes/sec
[ 4] 5.00-6.00 sec 5.38 MBytes 5.38 MBytes/sec
[ 4] 6.00-7.00 sec 4.80 MBytes 4.80 MBytes/sec
[ 4] 7.00-8.00 sec 4.85 MBytes 4.85 MBytes/sec
[ 4] 8.00-9.00 sec 4.72 MBytes 4.72 MBytes/sec
[ 4] 9.00-10.00 sec 5.16 MBytes 5.16 MBytes/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr
[ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 45.1 MBytes 4.51 MBytes/sec 6 sender
[ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 44.4 MBytes 4.43 MBytes/sec receiver
Laptop 5GHZ / Server Gigabit:
$ iperf3 -c backup -fM
Connecting to host backup, port 5201
[ 4] local 192.168.51.3 port 57738 connected to 192.168.51.10 port 5201
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr Cwnd
[ 4] 0.00-1.00 sec 58.0 MBytes 58.0 MBytes/sec 1 713 KBytes
[ 4] 1.00-2.00 sec 60.2 MBytes 60.2 MBytes/sec 0 807 KBytes
[ 4] 2.00-3.00 sec 23.7 MBytes 23.7 MBytes/sec 14 826 KBytes
[ 4] 3.00-4.00 sec 32.5 MBytes 32.5 MBytes/sec 0 826 KBytes
[ 4] 4.00-5.00 sec 60.7 MBytes 60.5 MBytes/sec 0 829 KBytes
[ 4] 5.00-6.00 sec 56.2 MBytes 56.3 MBytes/sec 1 648 KBytes
[ 4] 6.00-7.00 sec 59.5 MBytes 59.5 MBytes/sec 0 714 KBytes
[ 4] 7.00-8.00 sec 60.0 MBytes 60.0 MBytes/sec 1 598 KBytes
[ 4] 8.00-9.00 sec 39.1 MBytes 39.1 MBytes/sec 0 650 KBytes
[ 4] 9.00-10.00 sec 30.8 MBytes 30.8 MBytes/sec 0 735 KBytes
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[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr
[ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 481 MBytes 48.1 MBytes/sec 17 sender
[ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 477 MBytes 47.7 MBytes/sec receiver
$ iperf3 -c backup -fM -R
Connecting to host backup, port 5201
Reverse mode, remote host backup is sending
[ 4] local 192.168.51.3 port 58190 connected to 192.168.51.10 port 5201
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth
[ 4] 0.00-1.00 sec 26.7 MBytes 26.7 MBytes/sec
[ 4] 1.00-2.00 sec 44.6 MBytes 44.6 MBytes/sec
[ 4] 2.00-3.00 sec 67.2 MBytes 67.2 MBytes/sec
[ 4] 3.00-4.00 sec 71.7 MBytes 71.8 MBytes/sec
[ 4] 4.00-5.00 sec 41.6 MBytes 41.6 MBytes/sec
[ 4] 5.00-6.00 sec 29.2 MBytes 29.2 MBytes/sec
[ 4] 6.00-7.00 sec 20.7 MBytes 20.7 MBytes/sec
[ 4] 7.00-8.00 sec 48.1 MBytes 48.1 MBytes/sec
[ 4] 8.00-9.00 sec 34.8 MBytes 34.8 MBytes/sec
[ 4] 9.00-10.00 sec 45.8 MBytes 45.7 MBytes/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr
[ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 434 MBytes 43.4 MBytes/sec 43 sender
[ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 431 MBytes 43.1 MBytes/sec receiver
Laptop 2.4GHZ / Server Wired Gigabit:
$ iperf3 -c backup -fM
Connecting to host backup, port 5201
[ 4] local 192.168.51.3 port 32916 connected to 192.168.51.10 port 5201
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr Cwnd
[ 4] 0.00-1.00 sec 666 KBytes 0.65 MBytes/sec 0 86.3 KBytes
[ 4] 1.00-2.00 sec 3.11 MBytes 3.11 MBytes/sec 0 188 KBytes
[ 4] 2.00-3.00 sec 4.23 MBytes 4.23 MBytes/sec 0 288 KBytes
[ 4] 3.00-4.00 sec 4.47 MBytes 4.47 MBytes/sec 0 397 KBytes
[ 4] 4.00-5.00 sec 6.52 MBytes 6.53 MBytes/sec 0 536 KBytes
[ 4] 5.00-6.00 sec 7.08 MBytes 7.08 MBytes/sec 9 706 KBytes
[ 4] 6.00-7.00 sec 2.30 MBytes 2.30 MBytes/sec 0 706 KBytes
[ 4] 7.00-8.00 sec 5.16 MBytes 5.16 MBytes/sec 0 706 KBytes
[ 4] 8.00-9.00 sec 8.75 MBytes 8.75 MBytes/sec 0 706 KBytes
[ 4] 9.00-10.00 sec 8.03 MBytes 8.03 MBytes/sec 0 706 KBytes
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr
[ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 50.3 MBytes 5.03 MBytes/sec 9 sender
[ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 46.9 MBytes 4.69 MBytes/sec receiver
$ iperf3 -c backup -fM -R
Connecting to host backup, port 5201
Reverse mode, remote host backup is sending
[ 4] local 192.168.51.3 port 33380 connected to 192.168.51.10 port 5201
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth
[ 4] 0.00-1.00 sec 4.55 MBytes 4.55 MBytes/sec
[ 4] 1.00-2.00 sec 3.49 MBytes 3.49 MBytes/sec
[ 4] 2.00-3.00 sec 6.29 MBytes 6.29 MBytes/sec
[ 4] 3.00-4.00 sec 4.98 MBytes 4.98 MBytes/sec
[ 4] 4.00-5.00 sec 4.79 MBytes 4.79 MBytes/sec
[ 4] 5.00-6.00 sec 5.32 MBytes 5.32 MBytes/sec
[ 4] 6.00-7.00 sec 5.15 MBytes 5.15 MBytes/sec
[ 4] 7.00-8.00 sec 5.63 MBytes 5.63 MBytes/sec
[ 4] 8.00-9.00 sec 5.14 MBytes 5.14 MBytes/sec
[ 4] 9.00-10.00 sec 3.26 MBytes 3.26 MBytes/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr
[ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 51.4 MBytes 5.14 MBytes/sec 0 sender
[ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 51.0 MBytes 5.10 MBytes/sec receiver
This release seems very stable ! Thanks @eduperez
As Openwrt is going to be replaced by LEDE as far as i know, you should better give a try to LEDE Snapshot which Wifi drivers is stable but not very performant, or LEDE 17.01 with @eduperez latest driver (very good except for 2.4Ghz in my tests), or wait for LEDE to embeed latest driver in their snapshot (please, please, please... )
ATTENTION: I had to rebuild the repository and rename it, it is now available at https://github.com/eduperez/mwlwifi_LEDE.
There is a new version available at: https://github.com/eduperez/mwlwifi_LEDE/releases/download/6d1595e/kmod-mwlwifi_4.4.61.10.3.4.0-20170512-6d1595e-1_arm_cortex-a9_vfpv3.ipk
@eduperez
https://github.com/eduperez/mwlwifi0e6df8d8-e302-4d93-b618-d323dbdf7b48LEDE
UNIX error 404 (not found)
Sorry, but... where did you get that link? That is not the link I just posted, and does not look like any of the links I have posted before...
@eduperez
Something is wrong here, I got it https://github.com/eduperez/mwlwifi_LEDE now
I'm getting the link in FF v53.0.2 (32-bit) when I click on your link
Found it. in FF v53.0.2 (32-bit) it's showing how many times it was clicked on in your link
@gufus: My mistake: the new URL has an underscore character, and an underscore character is also used in the forum to use italics; the forum code got confused, I tried to help, and the result was that mess. It should be fixed now, thanks for reporting it.
New version available at https://github.com/eduperez/mwlwifi_LEDE/releases/download/2d4b9bc/kmod-mwlwifi_4.4.61.10.3.4.0-20170512-2d4b9bc-1_arm_cortex-a9_vfpv3.ipk.
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New version available at https://github.com/eduperez/mwlwifi_LEDE/releases/download/36bc327/kmod-mwlwifi_4.4.61.10.3.4.0-20170606-36bc327-1_arm_cortex-a9_vfpv3.ipk.
With the latest build...
Getting dropped packets on 5ghz and 2.4ghz. 5ghz requires more and more frequent manual disconnect/reconnect cycles to restore connectivity before crashing the router outright. Not seeing anything obvious in kernel logs.
Any insights or specific places to look for problems?
Are these drivers for the new stable release of LEDE?
No, these are for 17.01.1, I still have not upgraded to 17.01.2; give me a couple of days, max.
That is awesome!
I will wait !