Hi, On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 07:41:02PM -0500, Larry Finger wrote: > On 03/15/2010 06:20 PM, Marc Haber wrote: > > 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.
Debian has a severe manpower problem in many fields. > > 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. grep "ERROR: PHY" syslog | wc -l 10 > What version are you using? Mar 15 18:27:45 feather kernel: [ 538.208462] b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 478.104 (2008-07-01 00:50:23) I don't have the system in question at hand now and therefore cannot check where the actual file is pulled from, but I clearly remember building b43-firmwarecutter from the VCS and using it on the exact version of the broadcom driver package mentioned in the instructions. I'll check back later today, probably. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 3221 2323190 _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
