Return-path: Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.157]:62368 "EHLO fg-out-1718.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752100AbZIHSHH convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Sep 2009 14:07:07 -0400 Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 22so1093381fge.1 for ; Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:07:09 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4AA69961.9010808@gmail.com> References: <20090908134732.GA1936@darkstar> <200909081638.36897.mb@bu3sch.de> <4AA67009.4020400@lwfinger.net> <4AA69961.9010808@gmail.com> From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=E1bor_Stefanik?= Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 20:06:49 +0200 Message-ID: <69e28c910909081106p413b70d8u83a48a63943f123e@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: b43 dma error To: John Daiker Cc: Larry Finger , Michael Buesch , Dave Young , linville@tuxdriver.com, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 7:50 PM, 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' > > John Daiker > Again, please test with v478 or v5xx firmware. -- Vista: [V]iruses, [I]ntruders, [S]pyware, [T]rojans and [A]dware. :-)