On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 8:16 PM, Larry Finger<Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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' > > Your PHY and your radio are the same as mine. In fact, the one thing I > noticed is that you are using i386 architecture, whereas mine is > x86_64. I have not tested with i386. > > Has anyone run the LP PHY modifications with 32-bit architecture? Yes, me. (With the exact same card as John.) > > Larry > -- > 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 > -- 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
