b43 lots of 43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error

b43 lots of 43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error

[Hauke Mehrtens]

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I am using Ubuntu 8.04 for AMD64 with a vanilla kernel 2.6.25.3 and a
Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI (rev 01) with firmware
version 410.2160 and the driver out of kernel 2.6.25.3.

When I am connected to some Access Points at University without wireless
encryption I get lots of error like this after some time (5 to 30 min):
[  182.179788] b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error
[  187.956923] printk: 28 messages suppressed.

With this error Network Manager says my connection is still up, but I
cant send data through the wireless LAN. The only way to get the
wireless LAN working again to rmmod b43 and insmod it again.
At some Access Points at University everything work fine and at home I
have no problems. With an earlier version of the b43 driver (~January
compat-wireless) I had no problems at the Access Points, that doesn't
work now.

These logs where taken at one place and I have rmmoded the driver some
times.
dmesg		http://www.hauke-m.de/fileadmin/b43/dmesg-2008-05-16
iwconfig	http://www.hauke-m.de/fileadmin/b43/iwconfig-2008-05-16
iwlist		http://www.hauke-m.de/fileadmin/b43/iwlist-2008-05-16

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Hauke Mehrtens



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Re: b43 lots of 43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error

[Stefanik Gábor]

On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 6:10 PM, Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de> wrote:
> I am using Ubuntu 8.04 for AMD64 with a vanilla kernel 2.6.25.3 and a
> Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI (rev 01) with firmware
> version 410.2160 and the driver out of kernel 2.6.25.3.
>
> When I am connected to some Access Points at University without wireless
> encryption I get lots of error like this after some time (5 to 30 min):
> [  182.179788] b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error
> [  187.956923] printk: 28 messages suppressed.
>
> With this error Network Manager says my connection is still up, but I
> cant send data through the wireless LAN. The only way to get the
> wireless LAN working again to rmmod b43 and insmod it again.
> At some Access Points at University everything work fine and at home I
> have no problems. With an earlier version of the b43 driver (~January
> compat-wireless) I had no problems at the Access Points, that doesn't
> work now.
>
> These logs where taken at one place and I have rmmoded the driver some
> times.
> dmesg           http://www.hauke-m.de/fileadmin/b43/dmesg-2008-05-16
> iwconfig        http://www.hauke-m.de/fileadmin/b43/iwconfig-2008-05-16
> iwlist          http://www.hauke-m.de/fileadmin/b43/iwlist-2008-05-16
>
> --
> Hauke Mehrtens
>
>
>

I have also seen the error numerous times, but it appears to only come
up with v4.150 firmware, and not v4.80.

Devs: can we update fwcutter to allow cutting from v4.150.10.5.1 or
v4.150.10.5.2? This might be a bug in the original v4.150.10.5
firmware.

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