On Tuesday 08 September 2009 19:50:25 John Daiker 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 > To ask the question once again: Is this a regression? This is a critical question to track down the bug. -- Greetings, Michael. -- 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
