tar -zxvf linux-2.6.21.tar.gz mv linux-2.6.21 /usr/src ln -s /usr/src/linux-2.6.21 /usr/src/linux cd /usr/src/linux patch -p1 < ../combined_2.6.21.patch[all patches applied. No errors. No reversed patches. No failure to find chunks, etc.]
cp /usr/src/kernels/2.6.20-1.2948.fc6-i686/.config . make mrproper make make modules_install make sync && reboot -f
-----On reboot, it associates immediately. It even succeeds in getting a DHCP address. I am excited.
But then. It doesn't work.Symptom: RX count increases. tcpdump shows normal incoming packets on the wireless... 802.1d, announcements, UPnP, traffic. TX count does not increase. Even if I explicitly ping it does not increase.
Moved to within 2ft (.66M) from the xcvr. Still TX count not increasing. ifdown/ifup. Radio off/radio on. Associated. Still no TXcount increase. -----Larry since it works for you out of the box with the composite patch, it must be something else vestigially left over from my Zod installation. Any thoughts on what I can try / what diagnostics I can run to figure out where the problem is?
E PS Can't load bcm43xx_mac80211 (no such module) Diagnostic information:- arp shows the original info from the DHCP request/response. Can't arp for anything else.
- Larry Finger wrote:
Ehud Gavron wrote:Ok, so I was bored... and installed the 2.6.21 kernel. I then patch -p1 < combined_2.6.21.patch make make modules_install make install sync && reboot -fThe bcm43xx modules reports associated... scanning... associated... with another message in the middle, about once every half second without stopping. The dmesg shows radio on, link not ready, link associated, radio off, [repeats]At this point it appears to be a race condition to unload the bcm43xx module. A simple ifdown eth1 && rmmod bcm43xx will either succeed, or crash (and crash is either the system is frozen, or a kernel panic). An rmmod bcm43xx without the ifdown triggers similar responses.I cannot reproduce your problem using my 4311. I downloaded a fresh copy of 2.6.21 and patched it with the combined-2.6.21.patch from my FTP site. When I rebooted it came up just fine. In addition, I never see the kernel panics when removing the module. I use NetworkManager, which prevents an ifdown command, thus I just issue a 'modprobe -r bcm43xx' command. When you get a panic rather than a frozen system, please post the kernel panic dump.I have sometimes seen a problem when switching between bcm43xx-mac80211 and bcm43xx-softmac. The symptoms are 'bcm43xx: IRQ_READY timeout' and 'bcm43xx: core_up for active 802.11 core failed (-19)' messages, which indicate that the firmware is not running correctly. Sometimes unloading and reloading the module will fix this, but it may require powering the system off (cold reboot).--------------One more note. Prior to installing bcm-softmac-sa the bcm43xx scan identifies 13 channels. After installing bcm-softw=mac-ca the scan identifies 14 channels.The standalone version does not have the recent patch that properly sets the channel range based on the locale setting. Thanks for noting this.Larry _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
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