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Re: Is there a patch for a bug?



On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 10:09:45PM +0100, Jean-Philippe MENGUAL wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>         I use the 2.6.32 kernel on a Debian system. I use the module
>         mac80211 for my Wifi card.

Do you mean brcm80211?

>         But in more and more numerous cases,
>         I cannot get an IP with dhclient. It fails. While it searches
>         for one, I get:
>         wl0: wlc_d11hdrs_mac80211: AC_BE txop exceeded phylen 366/186
>         
>         Is it a bug in the module? I found some info but not about some
>         patch or fix. Is there a fix in the recent kernel? What release
>         should I use? If no patch, is there some workaround? Fixed in 2.6.38 and newer? If yes, linux-headers couldn't build with gcc-4.3? 

You could try Linux 3.2 from testing, unstable or squeeze-backports.

Of course, we should also try to fix the driver in stable.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking.
                                                              - Albert Camus


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