Larry, -----Original Message----- >From: Larry Finger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Sep 25, 2006 8:38 PM >To: Igor Korot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Card for testing > >Igor Korot wrote: >> Hi, Larry, >> Thank you for trying. Maybe together we can make it work, and not just for >> me... ;-) >> A little about my system. I have a Gentoo Linux with the gentoo-sources >> 2.6.17-r4 >> kernel installed. >> It runs fine, but not with the wireless web/network access. >> >> OK, now to the answers: >> 1. lspci -v gives following output: >> >> 0b:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN >> Mini-PCI Card (rev 01) >> Subsystem: Dell Unknown device 0007 >> Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 4 >> Memory at dfdfc000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] >> Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 >> Capabilities: [58] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 >> Enable- >> Capabilities: [d0] Express Legacy Endpoint IRQ 0 >> Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting >> Capabilities: [13c] Virtual Channel >> >> 2. the relevant part of lspci -n gives following: >> >> 0b:00.0 0280: 14e4:4311 (rev 01) > >It is a BCM4311 PCI-E card. > >> Also, from the thread at >> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-409194-postdays-0-postorder-asc-start-0.html >> I heard that I have to apply the 10-pices patchset at >> http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-netdev&m=114805420427939&w=2, >> but I didn't yet. >> Also, I am using the driver from the kernel... > >The driver in the 2.6.17 kernel does not handle PCI-E cards. I have >incorporated the 10-piece >patchset into my sources, but so far, the card doesn't quite work. I don't >know why at the moment, >as there are reports of it working for some users. One problem has been a lack >of control over the >"radio on/off" switch.
Well, let me try this one first. If it will run OK, then we can stop right here. If not, then... see below. Also, is this an intermitent problem - sometimes it works, sometimes - doesn't? > >Would it be possible for you to download the 2.6.18 kernel from kernel.org? If >you can, then get the >patch for 2.6.18_to_wireless_2.6 from ftp://lwfinger.dynalias.org/patches. The >patch contains all >the latest stuff for bcm43xx including the PCI-E patches. If you do try it, >please send me the >logged messages. I can try to install the gentoo-sources 2.6.18, which is marked as "not stable" at the moment, along with the patch mentioned. Or maybe I can apply it to my 2.6.17 first? But I'd rather start with the 10-pcs patchset on my current kernel. Also, according to the JoseJX (I'm guessing the maintainer of the driver), the patchset will be incorporated into the later kernels. So, we are not losing anything... > >Larry Thank you. > > > _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
