On 11/30/2009 11:01 AM, kevin mcquillan wrote: > Hello I recently came upon this list after searching google for an error code > i received (b43 phy0: fatal dma error). I was able to read a few of the > archive posts but didn't see if the issue had been resolved. I believe I > have the same trouble as Larry Finger discussed between September and > November of this year. I have a Dell Inspiron 910 mini netbook running > Ubuntu 9.10 netbook remix. The card initially worked without much trouble > but at some point after installing compat-wireless, installing and using > b43fwcutter, applying patches from the aircrack-ng team, and following > various tutorials online the card has stopped functioning properly. The > symptoms vary, right now when I start the netbook, it attempts to associate > to my wifi network but is unable to associate, then if I attempt to disable > the wireless and switch the card into monitor mode the system hangs. Have > any advice? I guess plan B would be to buy an atheros on ebay...
We have not yet found a fix for the DMA errors on netbooks with the Atom processors. For the moment, you need to use the Broadcom-wl driver. I have no idea if it works in monitor mode. Larry _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
