On 2012-03-04 22:53 +0100, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Sven Joachim wrote: > >> The laptop is an Acer TravelMate 2490 with a Broadcom chip: >> >> ,---- >> | 06:02.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02) >> | Subsystem: AMBIT Microsystem Corp. TravelMate 2410 >> | Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 64, IRQ 10 >> | Memory at d0002000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K] >> | Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge >> `---- > > Odd. Does it use that driver with both working and non-working > kernels? Yes, although lsmod just tells me that "b43" is loaded. And "dmesg | grep b43" shows this: ,---- | [ 0.628622] b43-pci-bridge 0000:06:02.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002) | [ 0.628780] b43-pci-bridge 0000:06:02.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKG] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10 | [ 0.628795] b43-pci-bridge 0000:06:02.0: setting latency timer to 64 | [ 5.648519] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4318 WLAN found (core revision 9) | [ 36.267694] b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 410.2160 (2007-05-26 15:32:10) `---- The kernel configuration has these b43 related parameters: CONFIG_B43=m CONFIG_B43_SSB=y CONFIG_B43_PCI_AUTOSELECT=y CONFIG_B43_PCICORE_AUTOSELECT=y # CONFIG_B43_PCMCIA is not set # CONFIG_B43_SDIO is not set CONFIG_B43_PIO=y # CONFIG_B43_PHY_N is not set CONFIG_B43_PHY_LP=y # CONFIG_B43_PHY_HT is not set CONFIG_B43_HWRNG=y # CONFIG_B43_DEBUG is not set # CONFIG_B43LEGACY is not set CONFIG_SSB_B43_PCI_BRIDGE=y Cheers, Sven -- 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