Return-path: Received: from mail-gx0-f226.google.com ([209.85.217.226]:63169 "EHLO mail-gx0-f226.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754669AbZKTUFY (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:05:24 -0500 Received: by gxk26 with SMTP id 26so3280939gxk.1 for ; Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:05:30 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4B06F685.1020405@lwfinger.net> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:05:25 -0600 From: Larry Finger MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chris Vine CC: William Bourque , wireless , bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de Subject: Re: Fatal DMA error problem with netbook and BCM4312 References: <4AFA09C8.4060602@gmail.com> <200911131216.43704.mb@bu3sch.de> <4AFD83CA.2050508@lwfinger.net> <200911131836.26857.mb@bu3sch.de> <4AFD9E20.3060501@gmail.com> <4AFDD1C9.4050402@lwfinger.net> <4AFDF68C.4040804@polymtl.ca> <4AFE1E5F.9040009@lwfinger.net> <4AFEFC2C.5030704@polymtl.ca> <4B068ED9.5070107@lwfinger.net> <20091120195834.334d8bc0@boulder.homenet> In-Reply-To: <20091120195834.334d8bc0@boulder.homenet> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 11/20/2009 01:58 PM, Chris Vine wrote: > On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:43:05 -0600 > Larry Finger wrote: >> One last check. I would appreciate receiving answers to the following >> questions. These questions apply to anyone else with this problem. >> >> Does the pm_qos patch help your "fatal DMA error" problem, >> particularly when booted from power-off? >> >> If you warm-boot after loading the wl driver, does the patch make any >> difference? > > What's the date/time of the last patch you posted for this and what > kernel does it apply to? Friday 11/13 ar 22:38 CET. The link is at https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/bcm43xx-dev/2009-November/006338.html. The patch is written for wireless-testing, but it should apply on mainline kernels as well. Larry