From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755426AbXKFQzJ (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Nov 2007 11:55:09 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753645AbXKFQy6 (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Nov 2007 11:54:58 -0500 Received: from mtiwmhc13.worldnet.att.net ([204.127.131.117]:42961 "EHLO mtiwmhc13.worldnet.att.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753247AbXKFQy6 (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Nov 2007 11:54:58 -0500 Message-ID: <47309C50.5030106@lwfinger.net> Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2007 10:54:40 -0600 From: Larry Finger User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070801) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" CC: bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de, Michael Buesch , LKML , Stefano Brivio Subject: Re: b43 on HP nx6325 w/ openSUSE 10.3 (x86_64) References: <200711050113.55591.rjw@sisk.pl> <472E663F.9040501@lwfinger.net> <200711052213.03362.rjw@sisk.pl> In-Reply-To: <200711052213.03362.rjw@sisk.pl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > On Monday, 5 of November 2007, Larry Finger wrote: >> Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm trying to make the b43 driver work on an HP nx6325 with openSUSE 10.3 >>> (64-bit). In short, it sort of works, but some things are a bit ugly. >>> >>> The kernel is the current -git (approx. 2.6.24-rc1-git13) with the following >>> extra patches applied: >>> >>> b43: Fix rfkill callback deadlock >>> b43: debugfs SHM read buffer overrun fix >>> b43: Rewrite and fix rfkill init >>> >>> and I'm using the firmware from >>> http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2 >>> >>> Here's the debug info from dmesg: >>> >>> b43-phy1: Broadcom 4311 WLAN found >>> b43-phy1 debug: Found PHY: Analog 4, Type 2, Revision 8 >>> b43-phy1 debug: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, Version 0x2050, Revision 2 >>> b43-phy1 debug: Loading firmware version 351.126 (2006-07-29 05:54:02) >>> Registered led device: b43-phy1:tx >>> Registered led device: b43-phy1:rx >>> b43-phy1 debug: Chip initialized >>> b43-phy1 debug: 32-bit DMA initialized >>> b43-phy1 debug: Wireless interface started >>> b43-phy1 debug: Adding Interface type 2 >>> >>> Now, the first problem is that the card seems to lose frames from time to >>> time. This is visible in the output of mtr and while trying to transfer large >>> files using scp. With scp the transfer just stalls and stays this way although >>> the other end is pingable etc. (eg. attempting to transfer more than 400 MB at >>> once triggers this 100% of the time). >>> >>> If you can suggest some more specific tests to me, I'll run them and report >>> back. >>> >>> The second problem is that YaST is apparently unable to detect the device, >>> which sort of sucks, because it leads to configuration problems (basically, you >>> need to set up everything manually). Evidently, udev manages to handle it, so >>> this may be related to HAL. Anyway, it looks like the problem is related to >>> the fact that the device is not present under /sys/bus/pci/devices/ directly, >>> but you need to go through the ssb0:0 subdirectory to get to it. >>> >>> Do you have any ideas how to tell the user space stuff where the devices is >>> in sysfs? >> Your configuration is exactly like mine - openSUSE 10.3, x86_64 with Linus's latest git, and a 4311. >> I have not used mtr or scp and cannot comment on your transfer problems. > > That may be AP-related, but I had no such problems with the bcm43xx used > previously on the same hardware w/ the same AP. > >> I have had 0 problems configuring the device with YaST. > > Hm, I wonder what I've done wrong, then. :-) > > Can you send me /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-wlan0 (or whatever the card is > visible as on your system) from the x86_64 laptop? This config file is for WPA-PSK TKIP BOOTPROTO='dhcp' BROADCAST='' ETHTOOL_OPTIONS='' IFPLUGD_PRIORITY='10' IPADDR='' MTU='' NAME='Hewlett-Packard Company WLAN controller' NETMASK='' NETWORK='' REMOTE_IPADDR='' STARTMODE='ifplugd' USERCONTROL='yes' WIRELESS_AP='' WIRELESS_AUTH_MODE='psk' WIRELESS_BITRATE='auto' WIRELESS_CA_CERT='' WIRELESS_CHANNEL='' WIRELESS_CLIENT_CERT='' WIRELESS_CLIENT_KEY='' WIRELESS_CLIENT_KEY_PASSWORD='' WIRELESS_DEFAULT_KEY='0' WIRELESS_EAP_AUTH='' WIRELESS_EAP_MODE='' WIRELESS_ESSID='lwfdjf' WIRELESS_FREQUENCY='' WIRELESS_KEY='' WIRELESS_KEY_0='' WIRELESS_KEY_1='' WIRELESS_KEY_2='' WIRELESS_KEY_3='' WIRELESS_KEY_LENGTH='128' WIRELESS_MODE='Managed' WIRELESS_NICK='' WIRELESS_NWID='' WIRELESS_PEAP_VERSION='' WIRELESS_POWER='yes' WIRELESS_WPA_ANONID='' WIRELESS_WPA_IDENTITY='' WIRELESS_WPA_PASSWORD='' WIRELESS_WPA_PSK='' Larry