Hi,
I've just tried the version of the driver included in 2.6.17-rc1 on an x86_64
box (Asus L5D) with a built-in PCI BCM4306 adapter (Broadcom Corporation
BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03)), and unfortunately
it doesn't seem to work.
The driver loads and seems to initialize the adapter, but that's all,
apparently.
First, I compiled the driver with DMA and PIO support, but it hanged my box
solid when I tried "iwconfig eth1 essid on" on it. On the next boot I noticed
it caused the following messages to appear in dmesg:
nommu_map_single: overflow 58ee7010+2404 of device mask 3fffffff
nommu_map_single: overflow 53669010+2404 of device mask 3fffffff
nommu_map_single: overflow 50180010+2404 of device mask 3fffffff
and so on, down to 455aa010. Then I thought the adapter might be unable
to DMA for some reason and compiled it with PIO support only. It did not
hang the box any more, but I couldn't make it work.
It causes the following messages to appear in dmesg:
bcm43xx: set security called
bcm43xx: .level = 0
bcm43xx: .enabled = 0
bcm43xx: .encrypt = 0
bcm43xx: PHY connected
bcm43xx: Radio turned on
bcm43xx: Chip initialized
bcm43xx: PIO initialized
bcm43xx: 80211 cores initialized
bcm43xx: Keys cleared
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready
bcm43xx: FATAL ERROR: BCM43xx_IRQ_XMIT_ERROR
bcm43xx: FATAL ERROR: BCM43xx_IRQ_XMIT_ERROR
bcm43xx: FATAL ERROR: BCM43xx_IRQ_XMIT_ERROR
bcm43xx: ASSERTION FAILED (0) at: drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_pio.c:167:parse_cookie()
bcm43xx: ASSERTION FAILED (packetindex >= 0 && packetindex < BCM43xx_PIO_MAXTXPACKETS) at: drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_
pio.c:170:parse_cookie()
bcm43xx: ASSERTION FAILED (queue) at: drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_pio.c:482:bcm43xx_pio_handle_xmitstatus()
bcm43xx: FATAL ERROR: BCM43xx_IRQ_XMIT_ERROR
bcm43xx: FATAL ERROR: BCM43xx_IRQ_XMIT_ERROR
bcm43xx: FATAL ERROR: BCM43xx_IRQ_XMIT_ERROR
bcm43xx: ASSERTION FAILED (0) at: drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_pio.c:167:parse_cookie()
bcm43xx: ASSERTION FAILED (packetindex >= 0 && packetindex < BCM43xx_PIO_MAXTXPACKETS) at: drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_
pio.c:170:parse_cookie()
bcm43xx: ASSERTION FAILED (queue) at: drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_pio.c:482:bcm43xx_pio_handle_xmitstatus()
and so on.
I used fwcutter 004 to extract the firmvare from the Windows file delivered
with the machine (BCMWL5.SYS).
If you need/want any more information from me, please let me know.
Greetings,
Rafael
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