On Thursday 29 July 2010 20:45:39 kelly hirai wrote: > On 03/26/10 09:57, Mick wrote: > > On 26 March 2010 13:53, Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> Has anyone managed to get BCM4312, 802.11b/g (pcie) Device: pci > >> 0x4315, going with the b43 module? > >> > >> b43-phy0 ERROR: Fatal DMA error: 0x00000400, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, > >> 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000 > >> b43-phy0: Controller RESET (DMA error) ... > >> b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 410.2160 (2007-05-26 15:32:10) > >> b43-phy0: Controller restarted > >> b43-phy0 ERROR: Fatal DMA error: 0x00000400, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, > >> 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000 > >> > >> I've unmasked and am using the latest firmware in portage and the b43 > >> module from the gentoo-sources-2.6.32-r7 kernel. The card comes up, > >> then authenticates and tries to get an IP address, but in less than a > >> second after it gets an IP address it crashes with these recurring > >> messages above. > >> > >> Is there a fix, or shall I go for the wl module by Broadcom or even > >> give up and go for the ndiswrapper solution? > > > > Posted too early perhaps. There seems to be a patch coming for the > > 2.6.33 kernels. Will have to wait I guess. > > > > https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/66064/ > > im guessing here. maybe you have old firmware. did you get the "old > firmware" warning in your kernel messages when you loaded the module?
No. It was a kernel problem. The new 2.6.34-gentoo-r1 works fine. -- Regards, Mick
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