On 03/15/2010 06:20 PM, Marc Haber wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, Mar 04, 2010 at 06:54:23PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: >> when the broadcom-sta driver didn't compile with 2.6.33 I decided to >> give b43 a new try. I have a Lenovo Ideapad S12, which has a BCM4312 >> with LP Phy (14e4:4315). I am using Debian unstable. >> >> When I load the module, a new interface wlan0 appears, but iwlist scan >> says "Interface doesn't support scanning". Looks like the device isn't >> properly initialized. > > The issue was that CRDA is not yet in Debian, and thus the kernel > needs to have CONFIG_WIRELESS_OLD_REGULATORY=y. With this setting, the > interface can scan. There should be a clearer error message about this.
I feel that Debian should get their act together. The old regulatory method was left in the kernel for several cycles so that the distros could adapt. Only Debian failed to do so. > However, the interface doesn't work. Most prominent error is: > Mar 15 18:27:12 feather kernel: [ 505.012549] b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY > transmission error > (this is with he chip forced to PIO). Are there lots of PHY Transmission errors, os just a few? We have never understood why these errors occur in the firmware. What version are you using? Larry _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
