Re: b43 fatal DMA errors

2009-10-25 Thread Larry Finger
On 10/25/2009 05:58 PM, Gábor Stefanik wrote: > 2009/10/25 Larry Finger : >> On 10/25/2009 05:28 PM, Gábor Stefanik wrote: >>> On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 11:08 PM, Linus Torvalds >>> wrote: On Sun, 25 Oct 2009, Chris Vine wrote: > > On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:40:50 +0100 Gábor Stef

Re: b43 fatal DMA errors

2009-10-25 Thread Gábor Stefanik
2009/10/25 Larry Finger : > On 10/25/2009 05:28 PM, Gábor Stefanik wrote: >> On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 11:08 PM, Linus Torvalds >> wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Sun, 25 Oct 2009, Chris Vine wrote: On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:40:50 +0100 Gábor Stefanik   suggested: > Another thing to test: boo

Re: b43 fatal DMA errors

2009-10-25 Thread Larry Finger
On 10/25/2009 05:28 PM, Gábor Stefanik wrote: > On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 11:08 PM, Linus Torvalds > wrote: >> >> >> On Sun, 25 Oct 2009, Chris Vine wrote: >>> >>> On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:40:50 +0100 Gábor Stefanik >>> suggested: Another thing to test: boot into Windows (or any other OS where

Re: b43 fatal DMA errors

2009-10-25 Thread Gábor Stefanik
On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 11:08 PM, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > On Sun, 25 Oct 2009, Chris Vine wrote: >> >> On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:40:50 +0100 Gábor Stefanik   >> suggested: >> > Another thing to test: boot into Windows (or any other OS where the [..] >> >> You already know that this eliminates th

Re: b43 fatal DMA errors

2009-10-25 Thread Chris Vine
On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:08:11 -0700 (PDT) Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Sun, 25 Oct 2009, Chris Vine wrote: > > > > On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:40:50 +0100 Gábor Stefanik > > suggested: > > > Another thing to test: boot into Windows (or any other OS where > > > the [..] > > > > You already know that this

Re: b43 fatal DMA errors

2009-10-25 Thread Chris Vine
On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:57:08 + Chris Vine wrote: > On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:40:50 +0100 > Gábor Stefanik wrote: > > Another thing to test: boot into Windows (or any other OS where the > > card works), initialize the card, reboot (not cold-boot) into Linux, > > try to load b43. If this succeeds

Re: b43 fatal DMA errors

2009-10-25 Thread Chris Vine
On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:40:50 +0100 Gábor Stefanik wrote: > Another thing to test: boot into Windows (or any other OS where the > card works), initialize the card, reboot (not cold-boot) into Linux, > try to load b43. If this succeeds, then we are missing something in > the init routine. You alrea

Re: b43 fatal DMA errors

2009-10-25 Thread Larry Finger
On 10/25/2009 03:46 PM, Gábor Stefanik wrote: > 2009/10/25 Linus Torvalds : >> >> >> On Sun, 25 Oct 2009, Gábor Stefanik wrote: >>> >>> Could you please test the tag "master-2009-08-26" from >>> wireless-testing? That one was the first version that worked, and in >>> that specific build, my card (e

Re: b43 fatal DMA errors

2009-10-25 Thread Gábor Stefanik
On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 10:39 PM, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > On Sun, 25 Oct 2009, Linus Torvalds wrote: >> >> Ok, this machine is a 1.3GHz Core 2 Duo, so no Atom crap. > > Oh, and I compile for x86-64, in case anybody cares. But I assume all sane > developers have long since abandoned 32-bit mode

Re: b43 fatal DMA errors

2009-10-25 Thread Chris Vine
On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:30:56 +0100 Gábor Stefanik wrote: > Also try apic=off > & acpi=off (IIRC another DMA error victim, but with error code > 0x0800 had ACPI clobbering his DMA). Specifically me, and I resolved it, until it is fixed, by blacklisting the 'processor' ACPI module. (However in

Re: b43 fatal DMA errors

2009-10-25 Thread Gábor Stefanik
2009/10/25 Linus Torvalds : > > > On Sun, 25 Oct 2009, Gábor Stefanik wrote: >> >> Could you please test the tag "master-2009-08-26" from >> wireless-testing? That one was the first version that worked, and in >> that specific build, my card (exactly the same as yours) worked >> perfectly, leading

Re: b43 fatal DMA errors

2009-10-25 Thread Gábor Stefanik
On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 7:17 PM, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > Ok, so I got myself (or rather, Patricia) a new Dell 11 inspiron laptop, > and everything seems to work, except for the wireless. It's a Broadcom > BCM4312b/g LP-PHY. > > In fact, even the wireless works at least to _some_ degree, because

b43 driver disconects after a few minutes with airport extreme

2009-10-25 Thread Simon Schampijer
Hi, I am using the b43 driver for my Apple Airport Extrem card (Powerbook G4), firmware ucode5.fw. When I start some networking action (fe minutes) the driver disconnects and tries to authenticate again. This does not work. It is only able after rebooting. The issue is reproducable all the ti

Re: [PATCH] b43: LP-PHY: Begin implementing calibration & software RFKILL support

2009-10-25 Thread Michael Buesch
On Sunday 25 October 2009 16:57:44 Gábor Stefanik wrote: > 2009/10/25 Michael Buesch : > > On Sunday 25 October 2009 16:26:36 Gábor Stefanik wrote: > >> Michael, could you please do the PHY reset part? I can't seem to > >> understand its relationship to wireless_core_reset... also, it's > >> heavil

Re: [PATCH] b43: LP-PHY: Begin implementing calibration & software RFKILL support

2009-10-25 Thread Gábor Stefanik
2009/10/25 Michael Buesch : > On Sunday 25 October 2009 16:26:36 Gábor Stefanik wrote: >> Michael, could you please do the PHY reset part? I can't seem to >> understand its relationship to wireless_core_reset... also, it's >> heavily ssb-speak, which I am not good at. > > Where are the specificatio

Re: [PATCH] b43: LP-PHY: Begin implementing calibration & software RFKILL support

2009-10-25 Thread Michael Buesch
On Sunday 25 October 2009 16:26:36 Gábor Stefanik wrote: > Michael, could you please do the PHY reset part? I can't seem to > understand its relationship to wireless_core_reset... also, it's > heavily ssb-speak, which I am not good at. Where are the specifications? -- Greetings, Michael. ___

[PATCH] b43: LP-PHY: Begin implementing calibration & software RFKILL support

2009-10-25 Thread Gábor Stefanik
This implements the following calibration functions: -Set TX IQCC -Set TX Power by Index -PR41573 workaround (incomplete, needs PHY reset) -Calc RX IQ Comp -PHY Cordic -Run Samples -Start/Stop TX Tone -part of PAPD Cal TX Power -RX I/Q Calibration -The basic structure of the periodic calibration wr

[PATCH] b43: LP-PHY: Begin implementing calibration & software RFKILL support

2009-10-25 Thread Gábor Stefanik
This implements the following calibration functions: -Set TX IQCC -Set TX Power by Index -PR41573 workaround (incomplete, needs PHY reset) -Calc RX IQ Comp -PHY Cordic -Run Samples -Start/Stop TX Tone -part of PAPD Cal TX Power -RX I/Q Calibration -The basic structure of the periodic calibration wr