Hi all. I have a HP notebook with a Broadcom wireless adapter. The output of lspci -vv is: 03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11a/b/g (rev 02) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 1370 Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 0, Cache Line Size: 64 bytes Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 19 Region 0: Memory at b6000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge Kernel modules: ssb, wl I am using Ubuntu 8.10 64 bit SMP with the kernel 2.6.27-11-generic. I am running into the problem where the wireless stops transferring data while still maintaining the connection. I get the following from dmesg. [ 7462.509663] PM: Finishing wakeup. [ 7462.509664] Restarting tasks ... done. [ 7463.541721] eth0: no link during initialization. [ 7463.542855] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready [ 7463.562080] input: b43-phy0 as /devices/virtual/input/input16 [ 7465.244085] b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 410.2160 (2007-05-26 15:32:10) [ 7465.379272] Registered led device: b43-phy0::tx [ 7465.379320] Registered led device: b43-phy0::rx [ 7465.379348] Registered led device: b43-phy0::radio [ 7465.379437] b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error [ 7465.400668] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready [ 7465.413169] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:17:9a:23:21:1a [ 7465.413231] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:17:9a:23:21:1a [ 7465.613088] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:17:9a:23:21:1a [ 7465.813025] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:17:9a:23:21:1a [ 7466.013134] wlan0: authentication with AP 00:17:9a:23:21:1a timed out [ 7492.844302] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:19:e0:7a:10:a0 [ 7492.845896] wlan0: authenticated [ 7492.845912] wlan0: associate with AP 00:19:e0:7a:10:a0 [ 7492.848140] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:19:e0:7a:10:a0 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=7) [ 7492.848154] wlan0: associated [ 7492.849829] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready [ 7492.851048] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready [ 7705.804798] b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error [ 7705.804835] b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error [ 7705.804857] b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error [ 7705.804878] b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error [ 7705.804899] b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error [ 7705.804920] b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error [ 7705.804941] b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error [ 7705.804961] b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error [ 7705.804982] b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error [ 7705.805003] b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error [ 7706.055190] b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 410.2160 (2007-05-26 15:32:10) [ 7706.190480] Registered led device: b43-phy0::tx [ 7706.190541] Registered led device: b43-phy0::rx [ 7706.190599] Registered led device: b43-phy0::radio tom@speedy:~$ When I get this series of b43-phy0 errors, data transfer stops and I have to re-start the network. I googled the error and found your web site which recommends upgrading the drivers. I did as suggested, and found eventually that I was already running the suggested drivers as it appears that the Ubuntu upgrade to the kernel also upgraded the b43 drivers. I went so far as to download the broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.3 drivers thinking that a more recent version would have addressed the problem. However, I found out I couldn't install them with the error: $ ../../b43-fwcutter-011/b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware wl_apsta_mimo.o Sorry, the input file is either wrong or not supported by b43-fwcutter. This file has an unknown MD5sum b84bc801b9b8f39069c252f533655af8. At this point, I am stymied. Any help or suggestions would be most welcome. Thanks... Tom. -- 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
