Re: b43 on HP nx6325 w/ openSUSE 10.3 (x86_64)

["Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl>]

On Tuesday, 6 of November 2007, Larry Finger wrote:
> Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > On Monday, 5 of November 2007, Larry Finger wrote:
> >> Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> I'm trying to make the b43 driver work on an HP nx6325 with openSUSE 10.3
> >>> (64-bit).  In short, it sort of works, but some things are a bit ugly.
> >>>
> >>> The kernel is the current -git (approx. 2.6.24-rc1-git13) with the following
> >>> extra patches applied:
> >>>
> >>> b43: Fix rfkill callback deadlock
> >>> b43: debugfs SHM read buffer overrun fix
> >>> b43: Rewrite and fix rfkill init
> >>>
> >>> and I'm using the firmware from
> >>> http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2
> >>>
> >>> Here's the debug info from dmesg:
> >>>
> >>> b43-phy1: Broadcom 4311 WLAN found
> >>> b43-phy1 debug: Found PHY: Analog 4, Type 2, Revision 8
> >>> b43-phy1 debug: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, Version 0x2050, Revision 2
> >>> b43-phy1 debug: Loading firmware version 351.126 (2006-07-29 05:54:02)
> >>> Registered led device: b43-phy1:tx
> >>> Registered led device: b43-phy1:rx
> >>> b43-phy1 debug: Chip initialized
> >>> b43-phy1 debug: 32-bit DMA initialized
> >>> b43-phy1 debug: Wireless interface started
> >>> b43-phy1 debug: Adding Interface type 2
> >>>
> >>> Now, the first problem is that the card seems to lose frames from time to
> >>> time.  This is visible in the output of mtr and while trying to transfer large
> >>> files using scp.  With scp the transfer just stalls and stays this way although
> >>> the other end is pingable etc. (eg. attempting to transfer more than 400 MB at
> >>> once triggers this 100% of the time).
> >>>
> >>> If you can suggest some more specific tests to me, I'll run them and report
> >>> back.
> >>>
> >>> The second problem is that YaST is apparently unable to detect the device,
> >>> which sort of sucks, because it leads to configuration problems (basically, you
> >>> need to set up everything manually).  Evidently, udev manages to handle it, so
> >>> this may be related to HAL.  Anyway, it looks like the problem is related to
> >>> the fact that the device is not present under /sys/bus/pci/devices/ directly,
> >>> but you need to go through the ssb0:0 subdirectory to get to it.
> >>>
> >>> Do you have any ideas how to tell the user space stuff where the devices is
> >>> in sysfs?
> >> Your configuration is exactly like mine - openSUSE 10.3, x86_64 with Linus's latest git, and a 4311.
> >>  I have not used mtr or scp and cannot comment on your transfer problems.
> > 
> > That may be AP-related, but I had no such problems with the bcm43xx used
> > previously on the same hardware w/ the same AP.
> > 
> >> I have had 0 problems configuring the device with YaST.
> > 
> > Hm, I wonder what I've done wrong, then. :-)
> > 
> > Can you send me /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-wlan0 (or whatever the card is
> > visible as on your system) from the x86_64 laptop?
> 
> This config file is for WPA-PSK TKIP
> 
> BOOTPROTO='dhcp'
> BROADCAST=''
> ETHTOOL_OPTIONS=''
> IFPLUGD_PRIORITY='10'
> IPADDR=''
> MTU=''
> NAME='Hewlett-Packard Company WLAN controller'
> NETMASK=''
> NETWORK=''
> REMOTE_IPADDR=''
> STARTMODE='ifplugd'
> USERCONTROL='yes'
> WIRELESS_AP=''
> WIRELESS_AUTH_MODE='psk'
> WIRELESS_BITRATE='auto'
> WIRELESS_CA_CERT=''
> WIRELESS_CHANNEL=''
> WIRELESS_CLIENT_CERT=''
> WIRELESS_CLIENT_KEY=''
> WIRELESS_CLIENT_KEY_PASSWORD=''
> WIRELESS_DEFAULT_KEY='0'
> WIRELESS_EAP_AUTH=''
> WIRELESS_EAP_MODE=''
> WIRELESS_ESSID='lwfdjf'
> WIRELESS_FREQUENCY=''
> WIRELESS_KEY=''
> WIRELESS_KEY_0=''
> WIRELESS_KEY_1=''
> WIRELESS_KEY_2=''
> WIRELESS_KEY_3=''
> WIRELESS_KEY_LENGTH='128'
> WIRELESS_MODE='Managed'
> WIRELESS_NICK=''
> WIRELESS_NWID=''
> WIRELESS_PEAP_VERSION=''
> WIRELESS_POWER='yes'
> WIRELESS_WPA_ANONID=''
> WIRELESS_WPA_IDENTITY=''
> WIRELESS_WPA_PASSWORD=''
> WIRELESS_WPA_PSK='<My secret>'

Thanks!

Well, it's similar to mine ...

Anyway, I'm now running NetworkManager with b43 and it seems fine so far
(except for the transfer problems described in the $subject message).

Greetings,
Rafael
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