Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:48691 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754433Ab0C3UaQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:30:16 -0400 Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:28:49 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: Larry Finger Cc: wireless Subject: Re: Your netbook Message-ID: <20100330202848.GO13120@tuxdriver.com> References: <4BB21787.4040501@lwfinger.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <4BB21787.4040501@lwfinger.net> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:23:51AM -0500, Larry Finger wrote: > If possible, I would like you to do one more test on that troublesome netbook. > Please build a kernel with CONFIG_MMIOTRACE=y and build the Broadcom wl driver > for it. Starting with wl unloaded, issue the following commands (as root): > > echo 10000 > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/buffer_size_kb > echo mmiotrace > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/current_tracer > cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_pipe > wl_dump.txt & > modprobe -v wl > > After the wireless network device gets created, etc., then > > echo nop > /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/current_tracer > sleep 1 > killproc cat > > and send me the file wl_dump.txt. With it, I will be able to see if the Broadcom > driver is actually finding an SPROM that b43 is missing. Done: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/linville/ssb-debug/wl_dump.txt.gz Hth! John -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready.