Return-path: Received: from mms3.broadcom.com ([216.31.210.19]:4106 "EHLO MMS3.broadcom.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752874Ab2DQKeN (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Apr 2012 06:34:13 -0400 Message-ID: <4F8D471F.5070901@broadcom.com> (sfid-20120417_123417_931116_21A6A124) Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:34:07 +0200 From: "Arend van Spriel" MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Frank Kingswood" cc: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: Kernel panic with brcm4313 (kernel 3.2.2) References: <4F2E6C34.6060903@broadcom.com> <4F2E9651.5020601@kingswood-consulting.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4F2E9651.5020601@kingswood-consulting.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 02/05/2012 03:46 PM, Frank Kingswood wrote: > On 05/02/12 11:47, Arend van Spriel wrote: >> On 02/04/2012 06:02 PM, Frank A. Kingswood wrote: >> >>> On a new (Samsung 305U1A) laptop with BRCM4313 wireless I have not been >>> able to use the wireless at all, although occasionally a flicker of life >>> can be seen in it. >>> >>> "iwconfig scan" usually fails to report more than one access point. >>> Disabling the local AP makes it show up a different one, suggesting it >>> is actually able to see it but somewhere fails to pass the data along. >>> >> Could you sent me the output of 'iwconfig scan' or better 'iw scan'? >> What is the SSID of the 'local AP'? >> > Thanks for picking this up. >>> Fiddling with NetworkManager produces this kernel panic: >>> >> What does 'Fiddling with NetworkManager' mean exactly? >> > Hard to say :-) > I was trying to get NM to first find and then connect to the AP. This is > not really reproducable, sorry, it took perhaps a dozen attempts. > > Frank > Sorry for getting back to you after so long. I was looking at some other issues with bcm4313 and there was a reference to a message you posted on LKML. So I searched my email archive for your name. I noticed in some log you sent that your regulatory domain is set to GB, which makes sense. I submitted a patch [1] last week so could you try that and let me know the results. Gr. AvS [1] http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.wireless.general/88651