On Saturday 26 December 2009, Gábor Stefanik wrote:
> Update your pci.ids file - what you have is a BCM4311/02 ABG.

How do I update it? (what I have is from 2009.08)

> 
> Also, could you check a few more kernels in-between .29 and .32?
> 

Yes, I will run some checks and report back here. It might take a few days 
though.

--y

> On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 8:01 PM,  <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > First, some adminstrativa..
> >
> > $ uname -srvmip
> > Linux 2.6.29 #4 Fri Aug 28 13:17:05 IDT 2009 i686 VIA C7-M Processor
> > 1600MHz CentaurHauls
> >
> > $ lspci -vnn |grep 14e4
> > 02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312
> > 802.11a/b/g [14e4:4312] (rev 02) 07:03.0 Ethernet controller [0200]:
> > Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5788 Gigabit Ethernet [14e4:169c]
> > (rev 03)
> >
> > $ dmesg|grep b43-phy | head -1
> > [    7.461364] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4311 WLAN found
> >
> > This same machine works fine when I use the 2.6.29 kernel, but when I
> > use 2.6.32, I get "Carrier lost" disconnection after a couple of
> > minutes (exact times vary between 30 seconds to about 2-3 minutes).
> >
> > Before filling everyone's inbox with large kernel logs, here's a
> > snippet from dmesg:
> > # dmesg | egrep  "b43|wlan|AP"
> > [    0.000000] ACPI: APIC 6feb0390 00060 (v02 HP     APIC2203 20080820
> > MSFT 00000097) [    0.000000]   #5 [0000008000 - 000000f000]        
> >  BOOTMAP ==> [0000008000 - 000000f000] [    0.121705] ACPI: Power
> > Resource [APMF] (off)
> > [    4.608781] b43-pci-bridge 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKH] ->
> > GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10 [    4.608809] b43-pci-bridge
> > 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64 [    4.807626] b43-phy0:
> > Broadcom 4311 WLAN found (core revision 13) [    4.900090] b43-phy0
> > debug: Found PHY: Analog 4, Type 2, Revision 9 [    4.900120] b43-phy0
> > debug: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, Version 0x2050, Revision 2 [  
> >  4.960151] b43-phy0 debug: DebugFS (CONFIG_DEBUG_FS) not enabled in
> > kernel config [    4.966071] Registered led device: b43-phy0::tx
> > [    4.966125] Registered led device: b43-phy0::rx
> > [    4.966179] Registered led device: b43-phy0::radio
> > [    5.048461] fuse init (API version 7.13)
> > [   34.990139] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode13.fw
> > [   35.080855] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/b0g0initvals13.fw
> > [   35.250092] b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 478.104 (2008-07-01
> > 00:50:23) [   35.360376] b43-phy0 debug: Chip initialized
> > [   35.360441] b43-pci-bridge 0000:02:00.0: PCI: Disallowing DAC for
> > device [   35.360452] b43-phy0: DMA mask fallback from 64-bit to 32-bit
> > [   35.360809] b43-phy0 debug: 64-bit DMA initialized
> > [   35.360893] b43-phy0 debug: QoS enabled
> > [   35.400721] b43-phy0 debug: Wireless interface started
> > [   35.400741] b43-phy0 debug: Adding Interface type 2
> > [   45.267169] b43-phy0 debug: Removing Interface type 2
> > [   45.267283] b43-phy0 debug: Wireless interface stopped
> > [   45.267295] b43-phy0 debug: DMA-64 rx_ring: Used slots 1/64, Failed
> > frames 0/0 = 0.0%, Average tries 0.00 [   45.267421] b43-phy0 debug:
> > DMA-64 tx_ring_AC_BK: Used slots 0/256, Failed frames 0/0 = 0.0%,
> > Average tries 0.00 [   45.280097] b43-phy0 debug: DMA-64 tx_ring_AC_BE:
> > Used slots 0/256, Failed frames 0/0 = 0.0%, Average tries 0.00 [  
> > 45.300151] b43-phy0 debug: DMA-64 tx_ring_AC_VI: Used slots 0/256,
> > Failed frames 0/0 = 0.0%, Average tries 0.00 [   45.320064] b43-phy0
> > debug: DMA-64 tx_ring_AC_VO: Used slots 2/256, Failed frames 0/22 =
> > 0.0%, Average tries 1.00 [   45.340060] b43-phy0 debug: DMA-64
> > tx_ring_mcast: Used slots 0/256, Failed frames 0/0 = 0.0%, Average
> > tries 0.00 [   45.620280] b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 478.104
> > (2008-07-01 00:50:23) [   45.730312] b43-phy0 debug: Chip initialized
> > [   45.730374] b43-pci-bridge 0000:02:00.0: PCI: Disallowing DAC for
> > device [   45.730383] b43-phy0: DMA mask fallback from 64-bit to 32-bit
> > [   45.730623] b43-phy0 debug: 64-bit DMA initialized
> > [   45.730703] b43-phy0 debug: QoS enabled
> > [   45.770718] b43-phy0 debug: Wireless interface started
> > [   45.770732] b43-phy0 debug: Adding Interface type 2
> > [   45.858474] wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:22:3f:18:89:5e (try 1)
> > [   45.860542] wlan0: direct probe responded
> > [   45.860551] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:22:3f:18:89:5e (try 1)
> > [   45.862212] wlan0: authenticated
> > [   45.862250] wlan0: associate with AP 00:22:3f:18:89:5e (try 1)
> > [   45.864940] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:22:3f:18:89:5e (capab=0x401
> > status=0 aid=2) [   45.864948] wlan0: associated
> > [   45.866668] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:22:3f:18:89:5e by local
> > choice (reason=3) [   45.866797] wlan0: direct probe to AP
> > 00:22:3f:18:89:5e (try 1) [   45.869397] wlan0: direct probe responded
> > [   45.869406] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:22:3f:18:89:5e (try 1)
> > [   45.871106] wlan0: authenticated
> > [   45.871141] wlan0: associate with AP 00:22:3f:18:89:5e (try 1)
> > [   45.873524] wlan0: RX ReassocResp from 00:22:3f:18:89:5e
> > (capab=0x401 status=0 aid=2) [   45.873532] wlan0: associated
> > [   45.874266] wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:22:3f:18:89:5e by local
> > choice (reason=3) [   45.874364] wlan0: direct probe to AP
> > 00:22:3f:18:89:5e (try 1) [   45.876965] wlan0: direct probe responded
> > [   45.876975] wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:22:3f:18:89:5e (try 1)
> > [   45.878663] wlan0: authenticated
> > [   45.878697] wlan0: associate with AP 00:22:3f:18:89:5e (try 1)
> > [   45.881069] wlan0: RX ReassocResp from 00:22:3f:18:89:5e
> > (capab=0x401 status=0 aid=2) [   45.881077] wlan0: associated
> > [   93.540091] No probe response from AP 00:22:3f:18:89:5e after 500ms,
> > disconnecting.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > PS - I have also tried 2.6.32.2, with same results.
> >
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Yuval Hager
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