On Sunday 25 January 2009 04:45:20 Larry Finger wrote: > 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.
Well, there's a reason broadcom does different firmwares for different cores. ;) It turns out even rev9 runs with its own firmware now. I think that used to run rev5 firmware in the past. -- Greetings, Michael. _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
