Hi Pedram, you must use a meaningful Subject-line for your email. Hopefully, this'll attract the attention of the couple of Broadcom guys who are on this list. Also, On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 06:48:45PM -0400, Pedram Navid wrote: > Hello, > > I'd like to report a bug I have not been able to find elsewhere. I am on > a fresh Arch install with linux 3.0.1-1, using the brcmsmac module. > Initially, the wireless works for a few days. At some point, it will > stop, outputing the following error repeatedly: > > Aug 7 09:55:27 localhost kernel: [ 825.796697] ieee80211 phy0: wl0: > fifo 0: descriptor error > Aug 7 09:55:27 localhost kernel: [ 825.796713] ieee80211 phy0: wl0: > fatal error, re-initializing You may wish to note which of these lines repeat. Do both repeat, or only the "re-initializing" line? (It may be easier to just paste a few lines into your mail.) later, ali > I can rmmod brcmsmac, reboot, shutdown, give it a few days, and start > over and it will sometimes work. Other times, it will persist with the > fifo errors. Please let me know you need additional log files. I had > this problem since 2.6.38 and reinstalled Arch twice, thinking it was > something with my setup that was done incorrectly but haven't been > able to figure it out. I can't find another case of this error on the > internet. > > # lspci -vnn | grep 14e4 > 05:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation > 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4727] (rev 01) > Subsystem: Broadcom Corporation Device [14e4:0510] > > # lsmod | grep brc > brcmsmac 594624 0 > brcmutil 6563 1 brcmsmac > mac80211 215605 1 brcmsmac > cfg80211 160516 2 brcmsmac,mac80211 > crc_ccitt 1331 1 brcmsmac > > Thank you > Pedram -- 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
