Return-path: Received: from mail-fx0-f227.google.com ([209.85.220.227]:48225 "EHLO mail-fx0-f227.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932881AbZJFTbU convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Oct 2009 15:31:20 -0400 Received: by fxm27 with SMTP id 27so3986982fxm.17 for ; Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:30:43 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4ACB91E7.5010405@penny.prima.de> References: <4ACB91E7.5010405@penny.prima.de> From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=E1bor_Stefanik?= Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 21:30:23 +0200 Message-ID: <69e28c910910061230s47fdf9b9sdb9790497704b288@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: Bleeding Edge b43 dated since 30 of september no longer working & today does not even compile. To: Riffer Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 8:52 PM, Riffer wrote: > Hello! > > The problem is described in the topic. > > Symptons: > > The driver gets loaded and all depending drivers too but the wireless > device does not come up (iwconfig shows nothing, "ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP):" > does not follow in /var/log/messages after modprobing). > > Any hints for me? Maybe a new functionality that has to be triggered? > > I am using the bleeding drivers on a Compaq 615 Notebook having PCI ID > 14e4:4315 (Broadcom) under Ubuntu 9.04 with kernel > 2.6.30-02063006-generic AMD64. > That's probably "wext: refactor". Try connecting manually using iw (not iwconfig). > Currently I am testing the bleeding edge driver nearly every day because > I am a very curious man :-) and my hope is to one day find the best > (fast and stable) wireless driver I can get for my notebook ;-) > > The most stable driver at the moment (for me) is the archive from the > 16th of september and as you can read here > http://forums.opensuse.org/2045067-post38.html bleeding edge had already > a failure that stopped working from 17th to 26th of september (for me) > where Larry pointed to a problem with cfg80211 (I am using WPA2). > > Another problem is that the archive from today can not be compiled: > > /home/riffer/bleeding/compat-wireless-2009-10-06/drivers/net/wireless/ath/main.o > In file included from > /home/riffer/bleeding/compat-wireless-2009-10-06/include/net/mac80211.h:22, > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? from > /home/riffer/bleeding/compat-wireless-2009-10-06/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath.h:22, > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? from > /home/riffer/bleeding/compat-wireless-2009-10-06/drivers/net/wireless/ath/main.c:20: > /home/riffer/bleeding/compat-wireless-2009-10-06/include/net/cfg80211.h:1146: > Fehler: ?ETHTOOL_BUSINFO_LEN? ist hier nicht deklariert (nicht in einer > Funktion) > (translation: > Error ?ETHTOOL_BUSINFO_LEN? is not declared here (not in a function)) > > best regards > > p.s.: > I am only a user and not a developer. If my posting to this mailing-list > is a mistake please tell me!!! > -- > Riffer > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at ?http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- Vista: [V]iruses, [I]ntruders, [S]pyware, [T]rojans and [A]dware. :-)