Re: bcm43xx 2.6.17-rc5 problems
On Saturday 27 May 2006 14:20, Bernhard Reiter wrote:
> Now that 2.6.17-rc5 is out I gave it a test run.
> Unfortunately the wireless driver bcm43xx does not work,
> it not been working with -rc3 either.
It's been workin for me since 2.6.17-rc1, I've followed all the rc's but rc5.
rc3 certainly worked with the bcm43xx.
However, I got to try connecting many times and at last (at some point) it
will connect.
Also it got huge problems connection to a network if the dhclient files for
the interface in /var/run/ exists.
My rutine have come to be;
* run a dhcp query to times
* rm /var/run/dhcl*
* dhcp query and I usually get an IP and is connected
THIS NEVER WORKS with the following:
The cursed Cnet routers almost never works and throws me off every so often...
(once or twice an hour).
Huh anything to come out of dlinks doors seems to follow the same path.
At this stage I must try anything at random, maby a reboot once or twice...
anythin... but no pattern is available.
Børge
>
> Using the patches (softmac and all this) against 2.6.15.4
> I got it to work a few times, and now I hoped that the integration into
> the kernel would have made stuff better, but it didn't.
>
> Any hints appreciated.
>
>
> Powerbook5,6
> Debian Sarge with backported
> ii wireless-tools 27+28pre13-1
>
> Doing the ifconfig eth1 and then after a iwlist eth1 scanning
> iwconfig eth1 essid conference channel 8 rate 11M
> First it looks fine, but these are the sort of messages I get a lot:
>
> May 27 12:59:02 localhost kernel: ieee80211: eth1: IEEE80211_ASSOC_REQ
> received
>
> May 27 13:00:04 localhost kernel: SoftMAC: Authentication response
> received from 00:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX but no queue item exists.
>
> (The XX actually having numbers from the right access point.)
>
> But I cannot do dhclient eth1 or anything else to get the network working.
> Other laptops (non-broadcom) around me can do it without problems.
>
> Here is a full session:
>
> 86 ifconfig eth1 up
> 87 iwconfig eth1 essid conference channel 8 rate 11M
> 88 ifconfig
> 89 iwconfig
> 90 dhclient eth1
> 91 ifconfig eth1 down
>
> eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:"conference" Nickname:"Broadcom 4306"
> Mode:Managed Frequency=2.447 GHz Access Point:
> 00:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx Bit Rate:11 Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm
> RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
> Encryption key:off
> Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
> Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
> Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
>
> I get this signal with iwconfig a few times as well, then it says:
>
> eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:"conference" Nickname:"Broadcom 4306"
> Mode:Managed Frequency=2.447 GHz Access Point:
> 00:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx Bit Rate:11 Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm
> RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
> Encryption key:off
> Link Quality=100/100 Signal level=2/3 Noise level=187/100
> Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
> Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
>
> but this only slightly changes the messsge.
>
>
> /var/log/syslog (some anonymisation done), without associations working.
>
> May 27 14:14:37 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: PHY connected
> May 27 14:14:37 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: Radio turned on
> May 27 14:14:37 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: Chip initialized
> May 27 14:14:37 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: DMA initialized
> May 27 14:14:37 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: 80211 cores initialized
> May 27 14:14:37 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: Keys cleared
> May 27 14:14:37 localhost kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not
> ready May 27 14:15:07 localhost kernel: printk: 9 messages suppressed.
> May 27 14:15:07 localhost kernel: SoftMAC: Authentication response received
> from 00:13:ce:9e:a2:f4 but no queue item exists. May 27 14:15:10 localhost
> last message repeated 8 times
> May 27 14:15:17 localhost kernel: printk: 12 messages suppressed.
> May 27 14:15:17 localhost kernel: SoftMAC: Authentication response received
> from 00:13:ce:9e:a2:f4 but no queue item exists. May 27 14:15:20 localhost
> kernel: printk: 124 messages suppressed. May 27 14:15:20 localhost kernel:
> SoftMAC: Authentication response received from 00:13:ce:9e:a2:f4 but no
> queue item exists. May 27 14:15:23 localhost dhclient: Internet Software
> Consortium DHCP Client 2.0pl5 May 27 14:15:23 localhost dhclient: Copyright
> 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 The Internet Software Consortium. May 27
> 14:15:23 localhost dhclient: All rights reserved.
> May 27 14:15:23 localhost dhclient:
> May 27 14:15:23 localhost dhclient: Please contribute if you find this
> softwareuseful. May 27 14:15:23 localhost dhclient: For info, please visit
> http://www.isc.org/dhcp-contrib.html May 27 14:15:23 localhost dhclient:
> May 27 14:15:23 localhost dhclient: sit0: unknown hardware address type 776
> May 27 14:15:24 localhost dhclient: sit0: unknown hardware address type 776
> May 27 14:15:24 localhost dhclient: Listening on LPF/eth1/00:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
> May 27 14:15:24 localhost dhclient: Sending on LPF/eth1/00:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
> May 27 14:15:24 localhost dhclient: Sending on
> Socket/fallback/fallback-net May 27 14:15:24 localhost dhclient:
> DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4 May 27 14:15:27
> localhost kernel: printk: 12 messages suppressed.
> May 27 14:15:27 localhost kernel: SoftMAC: Authentication response received
> from 00:13:ce:9e:a2:f4 but no queue item exists. May 27 14:15:27 localhost
> kernel: ieee80211: eth1: IEEE80211_ASSOC_REQ received May 27 14:15:27
> localhost kernel: ieee80211: eth1: IEEE80211_ASSOC_REQ received May 27
> 14:15:28 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port
> 67 interval 5 May 27 14:15:33 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to
> 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11 May 27 14:15:44 localhost dhclient:
> DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 20 May 27 14:15:47
> localhost kernel: printk: 1 messages suppressed.
> May 27 14:15:47 localhost kernel: SoftMAC: Authentication response received
> from 00:13:ce:9e:a2:f4 but no queue item exists. May 27 14:15:47 localhost
> last message repeated 3 times
> May 27 14:15:50 localhost kernel: printk: 3 messages suppressed.
> May 27 14:15:50 localhost kernel: SoftMAC: Authentication response received
> from 00:13:ce:9e:a2:f4 but no queue item exists. May 27 14:15:50 localhost
> kernel: ieee80211: eth1: IEEE80211_ASSOC_REQ received May 27 14:15:50
> localhost last message repeated 4 times
> May 27 14:15:56 localhost kernel: printk: 18 messages suppressed.
> May 27 14:15:56 localhost kernel: SoftMAC: Authentication response received
> from 00:13:ce:9e:a2:f4 but no queue item exists. May 27 14:15:59 localhost
> kernel: printk: 6 messages suppressed.
> May 27 14:15:59 localhost kernel: SoftMAC: Authentication response received
> from 00:13:ce:9e:a2:f4 but no queue item exists. May 27 14:16:00 localhost
> kernel: bcm43xx: Radio turned off
> May 27 14:16:00 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: DMA 0x0200 (RX) max used slots:
> 1/64 May 27 14:16:00 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: DMA 0x0260 (TX) max used
> slots: 0/512 May 27 14:16:00 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: DMA 0x0240 (TX) max
> used slots: 0/512 May 27 14:16:00 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: DMA 0x0220
> (TX) max used slots: 13/512 May 27 14:16:00 localhost kernel: bcm43xx: DMA
> 0x0200 (TX) max used slots: 0/512
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