Hi Piotr On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 2:49 PM, Piotr Haber <phaber@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 03/18/13 11:45, David Herrmann wrote: >> This reverts commit b6fc28a158076ca2764edc9a6d1e1402f56e1c0c. It breaks >> wireless AP reconnection on: (14e4:4727) >> Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller >> >> Any attempt to reconnect to an AP results in timeouts no matter how near to the >> AP I am: >> 00:10:40 $nb kernel: wlan0: authenticate with 00:18:39:0a:8e:23 >> 00:10:40 $nb kernel: wlan0: direct probe to 00:18:39:0a:8e:23 (try 1/3) >> 00:10:40 $nb kernel: wlan0: direct probe to 00:18:39:0a:8e:23 (try 2/3) >> 00:10:41 $nb kernel: wlan0: direct probe to 00:18:39:0a:8e:23 (try 3/3) >> 00:10:41 $nb kernel: wlan0: authentication with 00:18:39:0a:8e:23 timed out >> --- >> Hi >> >> I tried coming up with a fix instead of reverting this commit, but the commit is >> way to big for me to understand what's going on. Sorry. >> >> With linux-3.8 connecting to an AP broke on my machine. I could connect to an AP >> one time, but any further attempt resulted in: >> 00:10:40 $nb kernel: wlan0: authenticate with 00:18:39:0a:8e:23 >> 00:10:40 $nb kernel: wlan0: direct probe to 00:18:39:0a:8e:23 (try 1/3) >> 00:10:40 $nb kernel: wlan0: direct probe to 00:18:39:0a:8e:23 (try 2/3) >> 00:10:41 $nb kernel: wlan0: direct probe to 00:18:39:0a:8e:23 (try 3/3) >> 00:10:41 $nb kernel: wlan0: authentication with 00:18:39:0a:8e:23 timed out >> >> Even sitting right next to the AP didn't help so I started bisecting and it >> turned out to be: >> "brcmsmac: support 4313iPA" b6fc28a158076ca2764edc9a6d1e1402f56e1c0c >> Please revert it. >> >> Thanks >> David >> > Hi, > unfortunately this is not a first report of this patch breaking 4313 for some users. > I'm pretty confident that it is hardware revision related as we have 4313ePA and iPA boards running > successfully in our test setup. > Could you aid us in effort of finding the problem by supplying the contents of this debugfs file: > <debugfs_mount>/brcmsmac/bcma0:0/hardware Hi $ cat /sys/kernel/debug/brcmsmac/bcma0\:0/hardware board vendor: 185f board type: 51a board revision: 1408 board flags: 8402a01 board flags2: 880 firmware revision: 262032b I can also try partial reverts of that commit, but I really don't know which parts might be important. Thanks David -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
