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From: kelly hirai <kgh03@×××.edu>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Dreaded broadcom BCM4312 wireless card causes DMA failures and crashes
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:47:00
Message-Id: 4C51DA63.2050905@fsu.edu
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: Dreaded broadcom BCM4312 wireless card causes DMA failures and crashes by Mick
1 On 03/26/10 09:57, Mick wrote:
2 > On 26 March 2010 13:53, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote:
3 >> Hi,
4 >>
5 >> Has anyone managed to get BCM4312, 802.11b/g (pcie) Device: pci
6 >> 0x4315, going with the b43 module?
7 >>
8 >> b43-phy0 ERROR: Fatal DMA error: 0x00000400, 0x00000000, 0x00000000,
9 >> 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000
10 >> b43-phy0: Controller RESET (DMA error) ...
11 >> b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 410.2160 (2007-05-26 15:32:10)
12 >> b43-phy0: Controller restarted
13 >> b43-phy0 ERROR: Fatal DMA error: 0x00000400, 0x00000000, 0x00000000,
14 >> 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000
15 >>
16 >> I've unmasked and am using the latest firmware in portage and the b43
17 >> module from the gentoo-sources-2.6.32-r7 kernel. The card comes up,
18 >> then authenticates and tries to get an IP address, but in less than a
19 >> second after it gets an IP address it crashes with these recurring
20 >> messages above.
21 >>
22 >> Is there a fix, or shall I go for the wl module by Broadcom or even
23 >> give up and go for the ndiswrapper solution?
24 > Posted too early perhaps. There seems to be a patch coming for the
25 > 2.6.33 kernels. Will have to wait I guess.
26 >
27 > https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/66064/
28 im guessing here. maybe you have old firmware. did you get the "old
29 firmware" warning in your kernel messages when you loaded the module?

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