Hi,

See bellow:

On Feb 1, 2008 9:23 PM, David Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I figured out the b43 module can find my network (with iwlist scan) if
> I don't press the radio switch button. After turn it off and turn it
> on again, it doesn't work anymore.
> But even after find the network and configure the device with
> iwconfig, it doesn't work and I get this warning about DMA on dmesg:
>
> [  141.275477] WARNING: at drivers/net/wireless/b43/dma.c:1098 parse_cookie()
> [  141.275480] Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.24 #2
> [  141.275483]  [<e026dad0>] b43_dma_handle_txstatus+0xda/0x327 [b43]
> [  141.275505]  [<e025e880>] b43_interrupt_tasklet+0x63a/0x6b7 [b43]
> [  141.275521]  [<c011c428>] get_next_timer_interrupt+0x11e/0x18a
> [  141.275531]  [<c01196d4>] tasklet_action+0x32/0x52
> [  141.275536]  [<c011963c>] __do_softirq+0x35/0x75
> [  141.275541]  [<c011969e>] do_softirq+0x22/0x26
> [  141.275545]  [<c01198cb>] irq_exit+0x29/0x58
> [  141.275549]  [<c0105379>] do_IRQ+0x77/0x88
> [  141.275553]  [<c01126eb>] __update_rq_clock+0x1a/0xf3
> [  141.275559]  [<c0103df3>] common_interrupt+0x23/0x28
> [  141.275566]  [<c013007b>] sys_delete_module+0xd1/0x18e
> [  141.275571]  [<c011007b>] handle_vm86_fault+0x38d/0x6c2
> [  141.275576]  [<e0023ca7>] acpi_idle_enter_simple+0x124/0x180 [processor]
> [  141.275589]  [<e0023da8>] acpi_idle_enter_bm+0xa5/0x241 [processor]
> [  141.275599]  [<c0256632>] cpuidle_idle_call+0x53/0x79
> [  141.275605]  [<c0102504>] cpu_idle+0x4c/0x66
> [  141.275608]  [<c03c09b1>] start_kernel+0x23c/0x241
> [  141.275613]  [<c03c0303>] unknown_bootoption+0x0/0x196
> [  141.275619]  =======================
>
> So, I tried to not use DMA modprobing with pio=1 param, but I got this error:
> $> SIOCSIFFLAGS: Cannot allocate memory

This error message was after if up, and not after modprobe.

Br,

David

>
> DMA seems to be necessary.
> Any idea about the problem?
>
> Br,
>
> David
>
>
> >
> >
> >  iwlist wlan0 scan ?
> >
> >  output from same?
> >
> >
> >  You know the really nice thing about this list is I know no matter how much
> > of a bastard I think I might be perceived as, if I answer before Michael I
> > know it could have been worse ;-) (I'm human, you know...)
> >
> >  Cheers,
> >
> >  Ehud
> >
> >
> >
> >  David Cohen wrote:
> >  I forgot to mention I'm using the firmware extracted from
> > broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2 and I got no error regarding to
> > firmware on dmesg.
> >
> > David
> >
> > On Feb 1, 2008 1:47 PM, David Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >  Hi,
> >
> > I have a HP nx6110 laptop with bcm4318 wireless card using
> > wireless-2.6 tree (git-pulled: jan-31 2008).
> > Unfortunately, the b43 module is not working well:
> >  - After if-up the wlan device, the radio is off (got from dmesg) but
> > the radio led is on.
> >  - If I press the radio button, the radio turns on/off (got from dmesg
> > also) but the ledsstays always on.
> >  - Even tuning the radio on, I can't find my home wireless network
> > with 'iwlist scan' (but I can find from other laptop).
> >
> > Does anyone know if it is a known bug? Or does anyone can help me with that?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > David
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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