Return-path: Received: from mail-bw0-f219.google.com ([209.85.218.219]:65113 "EHLO mail-bw0-f219.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751898AbZIHSQB (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Sep 2009 14:16:01 -0400 Received: by bwz19 with SMTP id 19so2421413bwz.37 for ; Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:16:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4AA69F61.2040300@lwfinger.net> Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:16:01 -0500 From: Larry Finger MIME-Version: 1.0 To: John Daiker CC: Michael Buesch , Dave Young , linville@tuxdriver.com, netrolller.3d@gmail.com, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de Subject: Re: b43 dma error References: <20090908134732.GA1936@darkstar> <200909081638.36897.mb@bu3sch.de> <4AA67009.4020400@lwfinger.net> <4AA69961.9010808@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4AA69961.9010808@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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? Larry