From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:55177 "EHLO plane.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751201Ab2CALfG (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Mar 2012 06:35:06 -0500 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1S34Ho-0003zr-7p for linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org; Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:35:04 +0100 Received: from numa-i.igpm.rwth-aachen.de ([134.130.161.252]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:35:04 +0100 Received: from jarausch by numa-i.igpm.rwth-aachen.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:35:04 +0100 To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org From: Helmut Jarausch Subject: brcmsmac crashed 3.3-rc5 kernel Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 11:33:56 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: (sfid-20120301_123519_459569_D1C55F3D) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi, on an HP625 I have the following device 06:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/ n Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4727] (rev 01) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:145c] Kernel driver in use: bcma-pci-bridge This device isn't recognized by the brcmfmac driver but only by the brcmsfac driver. My kernel configuration is # Broadcom specific AMBA # CONFIG_BCMA=y CONFIG_BCMA_HOST_PCI_POSSIBLE=y CONFIG_BCMA_HOST_PCI=y # CONFIG_BCMA_DEBUG is not set # CONFIG_B43 is not set # CONFIG_B43LEGACY is not set CONFIG_BRCMUTIL=m CONFIG_BRCMSMAC=m # CONFIG_BRCMFMAC is not set CONFIG_BRCMDBG=y CONFIG_CFG80211=y # CONFIG_NL80211_TESTMODE is not set CONFIG_CFG80211_DEVELOPER_WARNINGS=y CONFIG_CFG80211_REG_DEBUG=y CONFIG_CFG80211_DEFAULT_PS=y CONFIG_MAC80211=y CONFIG_MAC80211_HAS_RC=y CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_MINSTREL=y CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_MINSTREL_HT=y CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT_MINSTREL=y CONFIG_MAC80211_RC_DEFAULT="minstrel_ht" CONFIG_MAC80211_MESH=y CONFIG_MAC80211_LEDS=y The device is recognized : wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=0 dBm Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Power Management:on but doing /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 start crashes the kernel - even doesn't work anymore. I've tried strace, but the output file doesn't get closed so it's missing after reboot. Any help is very much appreciated. P.S. the GRML64 live CD system does work on that hardware but it uses a 3.1 kernel and a staging driver. Since I'd like to use BTRFS I'd like to use a 3.3 kernel. Helmut.