Re: BCM94311MCG Rev 2 connects then drops on HP DV6605/ AMD64 X2
On Saturday 09 February 2008 15:40:15 glenn greenfield wrote: I have built and installed the compat-wireless-2.6 The installation went fine, the card comes up and even obtains an i.p. but that's where it ends. dmesg tells me that I have an old firmware version and to get the latest which I have attempted to do but I cannot extract the firmware broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5 b43-fwcutter driver/wl_apsta_mimo.o Sorry, the input file is either wrong or not supported by b43-fwcutter. This file has an unknown MD5sum cb8d70972b885b1f8883b943c0261a3c. I have attempted to extract the firmware at least 12 times on 2 different systems (both Debian) with the same results each time. I used wget to download the firmware as well as Firefox. Am I doing it incorrectly? Is it possible to download the extracted firmware someplace? fwcutter too old. People, please switch brains on before posting questions... This is really trivial to see why it fails. -- Greetings Michael. ___ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
Re: BCM94311MCG Rev 2 connects then drops on HP DV6605/ AMD64 X2
On Feb 9, 2008 8:43 AM, Michael Buesch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 09 February 2008 15:40:15 glenn greenfield wrote: I have built and installed the compat-wireless-2.6 The installation went fine, the card comes up and even obtains an i.p. but that's where it ends. dmesg tells me that I have an old firmware version and to get the latest which I have attempted to do but I cannot extract the firmware broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5 b43-fwcutter driver/wl_apsta_mimo.o Sorry, the input file is either wrong or not supported by b43-fwcutter. This file has an unknown MD5sum cb8d70972b885b1f8883b943c0261a3c. I have attempted to extract the firmware at least 12 times on 2 different systems (both Debian) with the same results each time. I used wget to download the firmware as well as Firefox. Am I doing it incorrectly? Is it possible to download the extracted firmware someplace? fwcutter too old. People, please switch brains on before posting questions... This is really trivial to see why it fails. -- Greetings Michael. Ah yes thanks for that. Getting the latest version does indeed work. I was simply reading the directions found here: http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware The link for fwcutter on that page is to an older version. http://bu3sch.de/b43/fwcutter/b43-fwcutter-009.tar.bz2 -- glenn greenfield ___ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
Re: BCM94311MCG Rev 2 connects then drops on HP DV6605/ AMD64 X2
glenn greenfield wrote: eth0: no link during initialization. NET: Registered protocol family 10 lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready lp: driver loaded but no devices found ppdev: user-space parallel port driver wlan0: Initial auth_alg=0 wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:12:17:2f:bb:b6 wlan0: RX authentication from 00:12:17:2f:bb:b6 (alg=0 transaction=2 status=0) wlan0: authenticated wlan0: associate with AP 00:12:17:2f:bb:b6 wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:12:17:2f:bb:b6 (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=2) wlan0: associated wlan0: CTS protection enabled (BSSID=00:12:17:2f:bb:b6) wlan0: WMM queue=2 aci=0 acm=0 aifs=3 cWmin=15 cWmax=1023 burst=0 wlan0: WMM queue=3 aci=1 acm=0 aifs=7 cWmin=15 cWmax=1023 burst=0 wlan0: WMM queue=1 aci=2 acm=0 aifs=2 cWmin=7 cWmax=15 burst=30 wlan0: WMM queue=0 aci=3 acm=0 aifs=2 cWmin=3 cWmax=7 burst=15 ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready Clocksource tsc unstable (delta = -158243821 ns) wlan0: no IPv6 routers present b43-phy0 debug: Removing Interface type 2 b43-phy0 debug: Wireless interface stopped b43-phy0 debug: DMA-64 0x0200 (RX) max used slots: 1/64 b43-phy0 debug: DMA-64 0x0340 (TX) max used slots: 0/128 b43-phy0 debug: DMA-64 0x0300 (TX) max used slots: 0/128 b43-phy0 debug: DMA-64 0x02C0 (TX) max used slots: 0/128 b43-phy0 debug: DMA-64 0x0280 (TX) max used slots: 0/128 b43-phy0 debug: DMA-64 0x0240 (TX) max used slots: 4/128 b43-phy0 debug: DMA-64 0x0200 (TX) max used slots: 0/128 input: b43-phy0 as /devices/virtual/input/input10 b43-phy0 debug: Loading firmware version 351.126 (2006-07-29 05:54:02) b43-phy0 debug: Chip initialized b43-phy0 debug: 64-bit DMA initialized Registered led device: b43-phy0:tx Registered led device: b43-phy0:rx Registered led device: b43-phy0:radio b43-phy0 debug: Wireless interface started b43-phy0 debug: Adding Interface type 2 ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready eth0: no link during initialization. ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready wlan0: CTS protection enabled (BSSID=00:12:17:2f:bb:b6) wlan0: RX deauthentication from 00:12:17:2f:bb:b6 (reason=16) wlan0: deauthenticated wlan0: privacy configuration mismatch and mixed-cell disabled - disassociate wlan0: Initial auth_alg=0 wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:12:17:2f:bb:b6 wlan0: RX deauthentication from 00:12:17:2f:bb:b6 (reason=6) wlan0: RX authentication from 00:12:17:2f:bb:b6 (alg=0 transaction=2 status=0) wlan0: authenticated wlan0: associate with AP 00:12:17:2f:bb:b6 wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:12:17:2f:bb:b6 (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=2) wlan0: associated wlan0: CTS protection enabled (BSSID=00:12:17:2f:bb:b6) wlan0: WMM queue=2 aci=0 acm=0 aifs=3 cWmin=15 cWmax=1023 burst=0 wlan0: WMM queue=3 aci=1 acm=0 aifs=7 cWmin=15 cWmax=1023 burst=0 wlan0: WMM queue=1 aci=2 acm=0 aifs=2 cWmin=7 cWmax=15 burst=30 wlan0: WMM queue=0 aci=3 acm=0 aifs=2 cWmin=3 cWmax=7 burst=15 ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready wlan0: no IPv6 routers present nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel. ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LGPU] enabled at IRQ 16 ACPI: PCI Interrupt :00:12.0[A] - Link [LGPU] - GSI 16 (level, low) - IRQ 16 PCI: Setting latency timer of device :00:12.0 to 64 NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 169.09 Fri Jan 11 14:04:37 PST 2008 b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error printk: 9 messages suppressed. b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error printk: 9 messages suppressed. b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error printk: 3 messages suppressed. b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error printk: 2 messages suppressed. b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error printk: 5 messages suppressed. b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error printk: 3 messages suppressed. b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error printk: 2 messages suppressed. b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error printk: 1 messages suppressed. b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error printk: 2 messages suppressed. b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error printk: 5 messages suppressed. b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error printk: 2 messages suppressed. b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error Perhaps I have the wrong firmware? I used what was in Debian on my first attempts but it seems that version is outdated or just incorrect for my wireless card. So I tried this: wget http://mirror2.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2 tar xjvf broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5.tar.bz2 cd broadcom-wl-4.150.10.5 b43-fwcutter -w /lib/firmware driver/wl_apsta_mimo.o Sorry, the
Re: BCM94311MCG Rev 2 connects then drops on HP DV6605/ AMD64 X2
glenn greenfield wrote: Debian Sid 64 bit AMD64 X2 Kernel 2.6.24-smp w/ 4311_2 patch applied from here: http://linuxwireless.org/download/b43/patch_2.6.24_for_4311_2 lspci 03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI (rev 02) ___ My kernel configuration: # zcat /proc/config.gz |grep B43 CONFIG_B43=m CONFIG_B43_PCI_AUTOSELECT=y CONFIG_B43_PCICORE_AUTOSELECT=y CONFIG_B43_LEDS=y CONFIG_B43_RFKILL=y CONFIG_B43_DEBUG=y CONFIG_B43_DMA=y CONFIG_B43_PIO=y CONFIG_B43_DMA_AND_PIO_MODE=y # CONFIG_B43_DMA_MODE is not set # CONFIG_B43_PIO_MODE is not set CONFIG_B43LEGACY=m CONFIG_B43LEGACY_PCI_AUTOSELECT=y CONFIG_B43LEGACY_PCICORE_AUTOSELECT=y CONFIG_B43LEGACY_LEDS=y CONFIG_B43LEGACY_RFKILL=y CONFIG_B43LEGACY_DEBUG=y CONFIG_B43LEGACY_DMA=y CONFIG_B43LEGACY_PIO=y CONFIG_B43LEGACY_DMA_AND_PIO_MODE=y # CONFIG_B43LEGACY_DMA_MODE is not set # CONFIG_B43LEGACY_PIO_MODE is not set I have completely disabled BCM43xx # zcat /proc/config.gz |grep BCM43 # CONFIG_BCM43XX is not set # lsmod|grep b43 b43 161840 0 rfkill 9680 3 rfkill_input,b43 mac80211 143948 1 b43 led_class 6664 1 b43 input_polldev 6352 1 b43 dmesg|grep b43 b43-phy0: Broadcom 4311 WLAN found b43-phy0 debug: Found PHY: Analog 4, Type 2, Revision 9 b43-phy0 debug: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, Version 0x2050, Revision 2 input: b43-phy0 as /devices/virtual/input/input9 b43-phy0 debug: Loading firmware version 351.126 (2006-07-29 05:54:02) b43-phy0 debug: Chip initialized b43-phy0 debug: 64-bit DMA initialized Registered led device: b43-phy0:tx Registered led device: b43-phy0:rx Registered led device: b43-phy0:radio b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error b43-phy0 debug: Wireless interface started b43-phy0 debug: Adding Interface type 2 b43-phy0 debug: Removing Interface type 2 b43-phy0 debug: Wireless interface stopped b43-phy0 debug: DMA-64 0x0200 (RX) max used slots: 1/64 b43-phy0 debug: DMA-64 0x0340 (TX) max used slots: 0/128 b43-phy0 debug: DMA-64 0x0300 (TX) max used slots: 0/128 b43-phy0 debug: DMA-64 0x02C0 (TX) max used slots: 0/128 b43-phy0 debug: DMA-64 0x0280 (TX) max used slots: 0/128 b43-phy0 debug: DMA-64 0x0240 (TX) max used slots: 2/128 b43-phy0 debug: DMA-64 0x0200 (TX) max used slots: 0/128 input: b43-phy0 as /devices/virtual/input/input10 b43-phy0 debug: Loading firmware version 351.126 (2006-07-29 05:54:02) b43-phy0 debug: Chip initialized b43-phy0 debug: 64-bit DMA initialized Registered led device: b43-phy0:tx Registered led device: b43-phy0:rx Registered led device: b43-phy0:radio b43-phy0 debug: Wireless interface started b43-phy0 debug: Adding Interface type 2 The device configures and comes up no problem. I can even obtain an i.p. via DHCP however the connection only stays up for a matter of seconds until I get this error: b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error at which point the device is useless and cannot be made to connect again until after a reboot. Currently I do use WPA however I've even tried disabling encryption entirely but the problem persists. I'm not sure what to try at this point. If you'd like further info from my system just say so and I'll be glad to post it. Do you get more than one PHY transmission error? With the BCM4311/2, you will get one every time the interface is brought up. We don't know why, but it is not critical. I use that interface with WPA and have no troubles. Please send the appropriate section of /var/log/messages starting with the firmware version message, and continuing through to after it has disconnected. Larry ___ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
