On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 08:45:08PM +0100, Athmane Madjoudj wrote: > On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 8:30 PM, John W. Linville <linville@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 07:54:02PM +0100, Athmane Madjoudj wrote: > >> On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 6:03 PM, Athmane Madjoudj <athmanem@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > Hello all, > >> > > >> > I have Fedora 11 i386 with latest update, my system freezes after some > >> > delay (about 3mn) with kernel panic, i have a HP Compaq 6730s > >> > (freedos) with Broadcom BCM4312, i get the driver and firmware from > >> > RPMFusion repo > >> > > >> > kmod-wl-5.10.91.9-4.fc11.3.i586 > >> > broadcom-wl-5.10.91.9 > >> > > >> > When i power-off the wifi (from laptop button) the problem doesn't raise. > >> > > >> > NB: > >> > Before, i didn't have this problem on Fedora 10 > >> > > >> > Best regards. > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Athmane Madjoudj > >> > > >> > >> The problem appear to be a driver bug, since when i reconfigured my > >> router with WEP (it was WPA2) everything is stable, no freezes or > >> kernel panics. > > > > Good luck getting Broadcom to fix it... > > > > Hopefully with a 2.6.31 or later kernel your BCM4312 device will work > > without needing to use the "wl" driver. > > > > John > > -- > > John W. Linville Linux should be at the core > > linville@xxxxxxxxxx of your literate lifestyle. > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines > > > > #lspci -nn > ... > 02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 > 802.11b/g [14e4:4315] (rev 01) > ... > > is this chip is supported by bcm43xx or b43 kernel driver? (i tried > b43,i have extracted the propriety firmware to the right dir, but i > can't get it work. > > #dmesg > ... > Oct 27 20:24:15 athmane kernel: b43-pci-bridge 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A > -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17 > Oct 27 20:24:15 athmane kernel: b43-phy0: Broadcom 4312 WLAN found > (core revision 15) > Oct 27 20:24:15 athmane kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: FOUND UNSUPPORTED PHY > (Analog 6, Type 5, Revision 1) > Oct 27 20:24:15 athmane kernel: b43: probe of ssb0:0 failed with error -95 > ... > > #uname -r > 2.6.30.9-90.fc11.i586 Was "Hopefully with a 2.6.31 or later kernel" really unclear? :-) Anyway, I was too optimistic -- the LP phy support doesn't appear until 2.6.32... In the meantime you may want to try using the compat-wireless stuff: http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download Hth! John -- John W. Linville Linux should be at the core linville@xxxxxxxxxx of your literate lifestyle. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
