Francesco Gringoli wrote: > > could you please be so kind to try the opensource firmware on that > 4311/2 card by renaming it ucode13 and report what happens? I suggest to > try monitor mode without associating first.
I had already tried it in managed mode. The logged data are Jan 23 13:37:09 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0: Loading OpenSource firmware version 351.11970 Jan 23 13:37:09 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0 warning: You are using an old firmware image. Support for old firmware will be removed soon (official deadline was July 2008). Jan 23 13:37:09 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0 warning: You must go to http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all instructions on this website. Jan 23 13:37:09 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0 debug: Chip initialized Jan 23 13:37:09 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0 debug: 64-bit DMA initialized Jan 23 13:37:09 larrylap kernel: Registered led device: b43-phy0::tx Jan 23 13:37:09 larrylap kernel: Registered led device: b43-phy0::rx Jan 23 13:37:09 larrylap kernel: Registered led device: b43-phy0::radio Jan 23 13:37:09 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0 debug: Wireless interface started Jan 23 13:37:09 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0: Controller restarted Jan 23 13:37:25 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed Jan 23 13:37:29 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed Jan 23 13:37:30 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed Jan 23 13:37:30 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed Jan 23 13:37:30 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed Jan 23 13:37:31 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed Jan 23 13:37:31 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed Jan 23 13:37:31 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed Jan 23 13:37:32 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed Jan 23 13:37:32 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed Jan 23 13:37:40 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware watchdog: The firmware died! Jan 23 13:37:40 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0: Controller RESET (Firmware watchdog) ... Jan 23 13:37:41 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed Jan 23 13:37:41 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0 debug: Wireless interface stopped Jan 23 13:37:41 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0 debug: DMA-64 rx_ring: Used slots 0/64, Failed frames 0/0 = 0.0%, Average tries 0.00 Jan 23 13:37:41 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0 debug: DMA-64 tx_ring_AC_BK: Used slots 0/128, Failed frames 0/0 = 0.0%, Average tries 0.00 Jan 23 13:37:41 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0 debug: DMA-64 tx_ring_AC_BE: Used slots 0/128, Failed frames 0/0 = 0.0%, Average tries 0.00 Jan 23 13:37:41 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0 debug: DMA-64 tx_ring_AC_VI: Used slots 0/128, Failed frames 0/0 = 0.0%, Average tries 0.00 Jan 23 13:37:41 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0 debug: DMA-64 tx_ring_AC_VO: Used slots 22/128, Failed frames 0/0 = 0.0%, Average tries 0.00 Jan 23 13:37:41 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0 debug: DMA-64 tx_ring_mcast: Used slots 0/128, Failed frames 0/0 = 0.0%, Average tries 0.00 I haven't gotten to monitor mode yet, but if the firmware cannot suspend the MAC, I'm not optimistic. Larry _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
