From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1OebE5-0000mi-UK for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:05:18 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8565FE0B3C for ; Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:05:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wy0-f181.google.com (mail-wy0-f181.google.com [74.125.82.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3159CE09EC for ; Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:26:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyb36 with SMTP id 36so702789wyb.40 for ; Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:25:59 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:reply-to:to:subject:date :user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=N82XtidHLAqRQO1zff/rWOjr4va+c+M8/zvoArIuuMM=; b=QjPjuchrfEAB9mSGxPoAMBV6zNHkA5qqJtc1zwqlINJ1hKZDo19kAETIy+6HfDgP8v oetLvGwE/Y4WkbxLZ3U8Dbpyz4zMcZYC81IuWEXBQqHxa1jETvoaN05obnrZVyS+TOQt +zRqab4uVEYP50WBaPif/9jhaBbWHzrgv7WUg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=j2uGpSwggQlcHJ9356+a+VzXAR0ywHRx5Yj20g8RAc6uE6sPoP1ylspDvqKiCVhPxq 7Dx8NwszWyjXhGkYA/tnQmYj8jdHTvgmjJbRkhw6vMyDh7M6+wyLXeZx4C24CERegcA1 Q33t1XOxkCY2tZLp+vdAxisAhM6tOKk/qGwEE= Received: by 10.216.30.207 with SMTP id k57mr696487wea.88.1280438759412; Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:25:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from (230.3.169.217.in-addr.arpa [217.169.3.230]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id k83sm774656weq.14.2010.07.29.14.25.57 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:25:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Dreaded broadcom BCM4312 wireless card causes DMA failures =?iso-8859-1?q?and=09crashes?= Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:25:45 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.3 (Linux/2.6.34-gentoo-r1; KDE/4.4.4; x86_64; ; ) References: <358eca8f1003260653v5b97d435l7a3d9bdee87301a7@mail.gmail.com> <358eca8f1003260657g38a07642h460bc3d45a9defad@mail.gmail.com> <4C51DA63.2050905@fsu.edu> In-Reply-To: <4C51DA63.2050905@fsu.edu> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart6288995.dla4ly7AmF"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201007292225.55041.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: a5951358-bf9f-4aa8-a5a1-2ccc6170d18c X-Archives-Hash: 0144d2b5a03c63f2684b8d7be54edb51 --nextPart6288995.dla4ly7AmF Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thursday 29 July 2010 20:45:39 kelly hirai wrote: > On 03/26/10 09:57, Mick wrote: > > On 26 March 2010 13:53, Mick wrote: > >> Hi, > >>=20 > >> Has anyone managed to get BCM4312, 802.11b/g (pcie) Device: pci > >> 0x4315, going with the b43 module? > >>=20 > >> b43-phy0 ERROR: Fatal DMA error: 0x00000400, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, > >> 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000 > >> b43-phy0: Controller RESET (DMA error) ... > >> b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 410.2160 (2007-05-26 15:32:10) > >> b43-phy0: Controller restarted > >> b43-phy0 ERROR: Fatal DMA error: 0x00000400, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, > >> 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000 > >>=20 > >> I've unmasked and am using the latest firmware in portage and the b43 > >> module from the gentoo-sources-2.6.32-r7 kernel. The card comes up, > >> then authenticates and tries to get an IP address, but in less than a > >> second after it gets an IP address it crashes with these recurring > >> messages above. > >>=20 > >> Is there a fix, or shall I go for the wl module by Broadcom or even > >> give up and go for the ndiswrapper solution? > >=20 > > Posted too early perhaps. There seems to be a patch coming for the > > 2.6.33 kernels. Will have to wait I guess. > >=20 > > https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/66064/ >=20 > im guessing here. maybe you have old firmware. did you get the "old > firmware" warning in your kernel messages when you loaded the module? No. It was a kernel problem. The new 2.6.34-gentoo-r1 works fine. =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart6288995.dla4ly7AmF Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.15 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAkxR8eMACgkQVTDTR3kpaLYdUwCcDuGiQqUsTWqThABbMBwnXMlA s/YAoOQIC/C8Aaqv9sMmlhmBS5WZO2ZJ =6i1l -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart6288995.dla4ly7AmF--