Bug#537879: linux-image-2.6.26-2-amd64/686: reloads b43-phy0

[Andres Cimmarusti <acimmarusti@gmail.com>]

Hi,

I've already tried the new 2.6.32 kernel and it works well. Actually the 2.6.27 kernel was already fixed (after a few .x updates). However the problem was also present in Network-Manager in lenny, but this is fixed in the version I found in lenny-backports. It's definitely fixed in Squeeze...but the problem remains in Debian plain stable.

2010/3/1 Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>

On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 10:21:19AM -0400, Andres Cimmarusti wrote:
> Package: linux-image-2.6.26-2-amd64
> Version: 2.6.26-17
> Severity: normal
>
> This doesn't happen everytime, but it happens often. My wireless device
> is based on a broadcom 4318 as can be evidenced below. When I boot, the
> firmware is loaded correctly and the LED turns on, but just as I log in
> the LED turns off and this causes Network-Manager to fail to
> automatically connect to my wireless network. A minute goes by and then
> the LED turns back on. This causes me to have to manually connect.

Hi,
The next release of Debian (6.0, code name Squeeze) will be based
on 2.6.32. Please test the current 2.6.32 from unstable/testing and tell
us whether the problem persists. If so, we should report it upstream
to the kernel.org developers.

The 2.6.32 kernel is available from packages.debian.org and can
be installed in both Debian stable, testing and unstable
installations.

Thanks,
       Moritz