Daniel Gryniewicz wrote:
> Attached.  It worked fine for a while, then just disassociated.  I
> assume it's the transmit power problems, but I don't know.  Let me know
> if you need something else.

I think you have the correct answer. The 4318's don't have much power output.
> 
> I guess I'm not *sure* it's a soft switch; however, before now, pressing
> the button in linux did nothing.  The radio was always on as long as the
> interface was up.  On windows, the button enables and disables the
> radio.
> 
> Daniel
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> bcm43xx driver
> bcm43xx: Chip ID 0x4318, rev 0x2
> bcm43xx: Number of cores: 4
> bcm43xx: Core 0: ID 0x800, rev 0xd, vendor 0x4243
> bcm43xx: Core 1: ID 0x812, rev 0x9, vendor 0x4243
> bcm43xx: Core 2: ID 0x804, rev 0xc, vendor 0x4243
> bcm43xx: Core 3: ID 0x80d, rev 0x7, vendor 0x4243
> bcm43xx: PHY connected
> bcm43xx: Detected PHY: Version: 3, Type 2, Revision 7
> bcm43xx: Detected Radio: ID: 8205017f (Manuf: 17f Ver: 2050 Rev: 8)
> bcm43xx: Radio turned off
> bcm43xx: Radio turned off
> bcm43xx: PHY connected
> bcm43xx: Microcode rev 0x123, pl 0x21 (2005-01-22  19:48:06)
> bcm43xx: Radio turned on
> bcm43xx: Radio disabled by hardware

It is a hardware button, but was off when you started.

> bcm43xx: ASSERTION FAILED (radio_attenuation < 10) at: 
> drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_phy.c:1496:bcm43xx_find_lopair()
> bcm43xx: ASSERTION FAILED (radio_attenuation < 10) at: 
> drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_phy.c:1496:bcm43xx_find_lopair()
> bcm43xx: ASSERTION FAILED (radio_attenuation < 10) at: 
> drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_phy.c:1496:bcm43xx_find_lopair()
> bcm43xx: Chip initialized
> bcm43xx: 32-bit DMA initialized

You only need the radio patch, not the DMA one.

> bcm43xx: Keys cleared
> bcm43xx: Selected 802.11 core (phytype 2)
> bcm43xx: ASSERTION FAILED (radio_attenuation < 10) at: 
> drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_phy.c:1496:bcm43xx_find_lopair()
> bcm43xx: set security called, .level = 0, .enabled = 0, .encrypt = 0
> bcm43xx: Radio hardware status changed to enabled

This is where you turned the radio button on.

> bcm43xx: set security called, .level = 0, .enabled = 0, .encrypt = 0
> bcm43xx: set security called, .level = 0, .enabled = 0, .encrypt = 0

Thanks for the data.

Larry

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