Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 04 Nov 2007 18:39:27 -0600 | From | Larry Finger <> | Subject | Re: b43 on HP nx6325 w/ openSUSE 10.3 (x86_64) |
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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. I have had 0 problems configuring the device with YaST. On the x86_64 laptop, I let NetworkManager control the wireless connection, but I have also used the traditional ifup/ifdown method. On an i386 system, I use ifup/ifdown as I don't run X on that machine. Both make fast connections.
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