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. -- Vista: [V]iruses, [I]ntruders, [S]pyware, [T]rojans and [A]dware. :-) -- 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
