Re: I need some help stabaizing b43 for a 4306

2009-02-23 Thread Michael Buesch
On Monday 23 February 2009 03:40:01 John Mountcastle wrote: mtcs...@sybill:~/Desktop sudo /usr/sbin/iwconfig wlan0 wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:MBR-6d2 Mode:Managed Frequency:2.417 GHz Access Point: 00:30:44:02:76:D2 Bit Rate=1 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm

Re: More data on open-source firmware crash

2009-02-23 Thread Michael Buesch
On Monday 23 February 2009 07:30:13 Larry Finger wrote: Francesco Gringoli wrote: do you mind testing this firmware? It's not the solution, but can help us understanding if we should follow this way. Download at http://www.ing.unibs.it/~gringoli/fwtest.tar.gz Before using this

Re: I need some help stabaizing b43 for a 4306

2009-02-23 Thread Michael Buesch
made a patch which fixes up a possible PROM screwup: http://bu3sch.de/patches/wireless-testing/20090223-1324/patches/018-b43-txpwr-sprom-fixes.patch You can apply that to compat-wireless: cd compat-wireless-2009-02-XX patch -p1 018-b43-txpwr-sprom-fixes.patch -- Greetings

Re: I need some help stabaizing b43 for a 4306

2009-02-23 Thread mtcstle
download it and do make; make install in the extracted source tree. You don't need to change your kernel for this. You can run it on a standard distribution kernel, usually. I made a patch which fixes up a possible PROM screwup: http://bu3sch.de/patches/wireless-testing/20090223-1324

Re: I need some help stabaizing b43 for a 4306

2009-02-23 Thread John Mountcastle
Here's a thought, every time I unload b43 and reload it, my indicated signal strength (NetworkManager) is 85%. Shortly it drops off to 65%, then 51%. then it usually fails. I ad to go find a wire because I couldn't keep the 4306 up, long enough to reach yahoo. Michael, I applied you patch and

Re: I need some help stabaizing b43 for a 4306

2009-02-23 Thread Larry Finger
John Mountcastle wrote: Here's a thought, every time I unload b43 and reload it, my indicated signal strength (NetworkManager) is 85%. Shortly it drops off to 65%, then 51%. then it usually fails. I ad to go find a wire because I couldn't keep the 4306 up, long enough to reach yahoo.

Re: I need some help stabaizing b43 for a 4306

2009-02-23 Thread Larry Finger
John Mountcastle wrote: Yes, I'd say results are mixed. B43 now says it wants 20dBm and it's getting 16.75 but iwconfig says rate is only 1Mb/s and I can't keep the link up long enough to be usefull. If the SPROM was wrong all along, why does it work fine with bcm43xx? Many parts of the

Re: I need some help stabaizing b43 for a 4306

2009-02-23 Thread John Mountcastle
OK, it sounds like a pretty tough nut to crack. I'm not sure if I can get a new card as it's kinda built into this laptop, or, maybe I'm wrong. Do you think I might be able to crack this thing open and put in a replacement device? Anyway, thanks a lot for your help. I learned a little in the

Re: I need some help stabaizing b43 for a 4306

2009-02-23 Thread John Mountcastle
Can I just edit Michael's patch and apply it again just like I did the first time: cd $(COMPAT_SRC_DIR) patch -p1 $(PATCH_FILE) Regards John - Original Message From: Larry Finger larry.fin...@lwfinger.net To: John Mountcastle mtcs...@yahoo.com Cc: Michael Buesch m...@bu3sch.de;

Re: I need some help stabaizing b43 for a 4306

2009-02-23 Thread Larry Finger
John Mountcastle wrote: Can I just edit Michael's patch and apply it again just like I did the first time: cd $(COMPAT_SRC_DIR) patch -p1 $(PATCH_FILE) Regards John Yes. Larry ___ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de

[PATCH] b43: Remove bogus integer truncation warnings

2009-02-23 Thread Michael Buesch
warning: large integer implicitly truncated to unsigned type Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch m...@bu3sch.de --- Virtual fists were already shaked, so I need to hurry up to fixup my crap. :P Index: wireless-testing/drivers/net/wireless/b43/phy_g.c