Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: brcm80211: the system freezes if booted with laptop wifi switch to OFF | Date | Mon, 7 Mar 2011 19:25:07 +0100 | From | "Arend van Spriel" <> |
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On Mon, 07 Mar 2011 18:29:47 +0100, Francis Moreau <francis.moro@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Arend van Spriel <arend@broadcom.com> > wrote: >> >> I don't know what the origin is of your kernel so please provide some >> details on that. > > What kind of information do you need ? > > As you probably noticed the kernel I'm running is 2.6.38-rc6. >
Yup. However, that is not unique by itself. Did you get it from a git repository like linux-next maintained by Stephen Rothwell or linux-2.6 maintained by Linus Torvalds, or did you download a kernel snapshot from ftp.kernel.org.
> > Revelant part of lscpi: > > 12:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Device 4727 (rev 01) > Subsystem: Dell Device 0010 > Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17 > Memory at fbb00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] > Capabilities: <access denied> > Kernel driver in use: brcm80211 > Kernel modules: brcm80211 >
Always useful to know what hardware you are using. Thanks.
> >> The patch itself can be found in the linuxdriver email >> archive: >> >> http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/pipermail/devel/2011-January/011381.html >> > > Do you want me to give it a try ? >
I don't think it will apply cleanly, but sure go ahead.
> >> Not sure whether it applies to whatever you have. I just tried your >> scenario >> with my driver and hardware and no freezes during boot. > > My scenario is: > > - set the switch to OFF > - insmod the module > - bring up/configure the interface
That's a bit different, but could you elaborate on the last step. Are you using iw, wpa_supplicant, etc. or relying on NetworkManager.
Gr. AvS -- "The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents." - "The Call of Cthulhu"
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