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Re: b43 dma error

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On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 7:50 PM, John Daiker<daikerjohn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 09/08/2009 07:54 AM, Larry Finger wrote:
>>
>> Michael Buesch wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tuesday 08 September 2009 15:47:32 Dave Young wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I tested wireless-testing b43 driver, but got "Fatal DMA error"
>>>> then the controller keep restarting...
>>>>
>>>> Please tell what I can provide or test, Thanks.
>>>
>>> Is this a regression? If so, please bisect.
>>
>> It is something specific to his system as I don't see anything like
>> this. In addition, there are some users on the openSUSE forums that
>> have implemented the latest compat-wireless and switched away from
>> Broadcom wl to b43 on their LP PHY devices. So far, no complaints from
>> them.
>>
>> Please reboot so that we see the ssb output as well. Use the command
>>
>> dmesg | egrep "ssb|b43"
>>
>> That way we will be able to see exactly what kind of device you have
>> and what revisions are in it. AFAIK, the testing to date has been
>> limited to Rev 1 PHYs and Rev 2 radios.
>>
>> Larry
>>
>
> I can confirm the same issue.  I have a HP Mini 1116NR with a Broadcom 4312.
>  Looks to be a PHY 1, Radio 2:
>
> --snip--
> [  456.165296] b43-phy0 debug: Found PHY: Analog 6, Type 5, Revision 1
> [  456.165364] b43-phy0 debug: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, Version 0x2062,
> Revision 2
> --snip--
>
> I've attached the output of 'dmesg | egrep "ssb|b43"', my kernel config, and
> lspci -vv and lspci -nn
>
> Note: With the dmesg output, I had unloaded the b43 module previous
> 'modprobe -r b43' and then loaded it again with debug output: 'modprobe b43
> verbose=3'
>
> John Daiker
>

Again, please test with v478 or v5xx firmware.

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