Return-path: Received: from mail-bw0-f46.google.com ([209.85.214.46]:58688 "EHLO mail-bw0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755427Ab0FTQ5p convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Jun 2010 12:57:45 -0400 Received: by bwz7 with SMTP id 7so635814bwz.19 for ; Sun, 20 Jun 2010 09:57:43 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4C1CC5A0.7080600@lwfinger.net> References: <4C1CC5A0.7080600@lwfinger.net> Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2010 17:57:43 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Problems with b43 wirelesss From: Magnus Therning To: Larry Finger Cc: =?UTF-8?B?UmFmYcWCIE1pxYJlY2tp?= , b43-dev@lists.infradead.org, wireless Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 14:26, Larry Finger wrote: [...] > No, it is a fatal DMA error and your device did switch to PIO mode. The > dmesg output does not make that clear. I'm sending a patch to change the > logged message. No, we are communicating past each other You mean, it's fatal since it doesn't work with DMA. I mean, it's not fatal because it realises it doesn't work with DMA and restarts itself using PIO. In any case, DMA *is not* the issue here AFAICS. >> It looks like the following is more relevant to my problem: >> >> No probe response from AP 00:22:3f:c3:99:a8 after 500ms, disconnecting. >> cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain >> wlan0: authenticate with 00:22:3f:c3:99:a8 (try 1) >> wlan0: authenticated >> wlan0: associate with 00:22:3f:c3:99:a8 (try 1) >> wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:22:3f:c3:99:a8 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=1) >> wlan0: associated >> wlan0: deauthenticated from 00:22:3f:c3:99:a8 (Reason: 15) >> >> Especially since that sequence of messages is repeated over an over. >> >> My next test will be to turn off all security on the wireless, just to >> rule out WPA completley. > > I looked for an explanation of Reason 15 deauthentications. Perhaps > someone on the wireless ML will know the answer. I'd be most interested in finding out what it means and the possible cause for it. /M -- Magnus Therning (OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4) magnus＠therning．org Jabber: magnus＠therning．org http://therning.org/magnus identi.ca|twitter: magthe