On Thursday 2010-05-06 17:36, Larry Finger wrote: >On 05/06/2010 10:16 AM, Jan Engelhardt wrote: >> b43-phy0 ERROR: Fatal DMA error: 0x400, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0 >> b43-phy0 ERROR: This device does not support DMA on your system. Please >> use PIO instead. >> b43-phy0 ERROR: CONFIG_B43_FORCE_PIO must be set in your kernel >> configuration. >> ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready >> >> So, can I get PIO mode for free without recompiling? (Since >> CONFIG_B43_PIO=y already.) What other info needs to be provided to help >> resolve this? >> >> System is a 2.6.33.2-x86_64. > >In the latest mainline kernel (2.6.34-rc6), the fallback to PIO is >automatic. For a 2.6.33 kernel, you will need to rebuild the kernel or >install the latest compat-wireless package. Your distro may already >provide it. > >We are working on this problem. Keep watching this list for trial >patches. Unfortunately, none of the developers have a machine that >suffers from this problem. It seems to be associated with Intel >processors (mostly netbooks with Atom chips) and the Phoenix BIOS. Seems so. 2.6.34 works, so everything's fine now. Thanks! -- 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
