From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: yhager at yhager.com Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 07:34:00 -0700 Subject: System freezes with 2.6.33 In-Reply-To: <4BCB3071.8030500@lwfinger.net> References: <20100418071932.GB15229@happy.exit> <4BCB3071.8030500@lwfinger.net> Message-ID: <20100420143358.GA1990@happy.exit> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: b43-dev@lists.infradead.org On 11:16 Sun 18 Apr , Larry Finger wrote: > On 04/18/2010 02:19 AM, yhager at yhager.com wrote: > > Hi, > > > > After upgrading my system to 2.6.33 > > (http://www.archlinux.org/packages/core/i686/kernel26/) I am > > experiencing complete system lockups. > > > > I confirmed that this happens when the b43 drives is on ahd I try to > > connect to the network. When I remove the module, the system works fine > > for hours. When it is on, I have a few minutes, till a complete freeze. > > > > There is nothing in the kernel logs, or dmesg, or anywhere I could > > find. I tried reinstalling the firmware, but it didn't change anything. > > > > The hardware is HP-2133 (mini note). > > Yours is the first report of such freezes. As there is a possibility of > info being logged, but not being written and saved on disk, I would like > you to switch to the logging console (Ctrl+Alt+F10) immediately after > bringing the system up and starting the connection. Does anything show > there? I do not have access to a card like yours, but I have tested with > a 14e4:4311, which is similar. > > Larry (sorry, my responses are a bit delayed, I am on the road, so not a lot of time for testing) I just see these lines, which I figured are normal: Apr 20 07:23:08 happy kernel: b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode13.fw Apr 20 07:23:08 happy kernel: b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/b0g0initvals13.fw Apr 20 07:23:09 happy kernel: b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 410.2160 (2007-05-26 15:32:10) Apr 20 07:23:09 happy kernel: b43-pci-bridge 0000:02:00.0: PCI: Disallowing DAC for device Apr 20 07:23:09 happy kernel: b43-phy0: DMA mask fallback from 64-bit to 32-bit Apr 20 07:23:09 happy kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready And then it freezes. I have also tried disabling the radio using the switch, and then there is no freeze. When I enable the radio back, it freezes again. --y