On 12/11/09 17:14, Larry Finger wrote: > I guess I'm a failure at writing diagnostic patches. Until there is a DMA > error, > the only effect of the patch is to add a little extra time to the routine that > fills in the descriptor structure, and it adds to the data and code size. If > any > of those changes have the effect of "fixing" your problem, then we have severe > difficulties. I expect that you will get the error sooner or later. >
Well to provoke it a little I recompiled with all the options on the ACPI menu set to y and now it fails to connect like so:- Nov 12 18:40:38 doughnut kernel: wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:1e:2a:27:7e:62 by local choice (reason=3) Nov 12 18:40:38 doughnut kernel: wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:1e:2a:27:7e:62 (try 1) Nov 12 18:40:38 doughnut kernel: wlan0: direct probe responded Nov 12 18:40:38 doughnut kernel: wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1e:2a:27:7e:62 (try 1) Nov 12 18:40:38 doughnut kernel: wlan0: authenticated Nov 12 18:40:38 doughnut kernel: wlan0: associate with AP 00:1e:2a:27:7e:62 (try 1) Nov 12 18:40:38 doughnut kernel: wlan0: RX AssocResp from 00:1e:2a:27:7e:62 (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=1) Nov 12 18:40:38 doughnut kernel: wlan0: associated Nov 12 18:40:40 doughnut ntpd[514]: frequency initialized -66.915 PPM from /home/boot/ntp.drift Nov 12 18:40:43 doughnut kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: Fatal DMA error: 0x00000800, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000 Nov 12 18:40:43 doughnut kernel: b43-phy0: Controller RESET (DMA error) ... Nov 12 18:40:43 doughnut kernel: b43: Dump of last 20 DMA descriptors Nov 12 18:40:43 doughnut kernel: b43: Descr. 0: 0x0 0x930 0x364BD020 0x80000000 Nov 12 18:40:43 doughnut kernel: b43: Descr. 1: 0x0 0x930 0x364BF020 0x80000000 Nov 12 18:40:43 doughnut kernel: b43: Descr. 2: 0x0 0x930 0x364B7020 0x80000000 Nov 12 18:40:43 doughnut kernel: b43: Descr. 3: 0x0 0x930 0x364B6020 0x80000000 Nov 12 18:40:43 doughnut kernel: b43: Descr. 4: 0x0 0x930 0x364B5020 0x80000000 Nov 12 18:40:43 doughnut kernel: b43: Descr. 5: 0x0 0x930 0x364B4020 0x80000000 Nov 12 18:40:43 doughnut kernel: b43: Descr. 6: 0x0 0x930 0x364A8020 0x80000000 Nov 12 18:40:43 doughnut kernel: b43: Descr. 7: 0x0 0x930 0x364AF020 0x80000000 Nov 12 18:40:43 doughnut kernel: b43: Descr. 8: 0x0 0x930 0x364AE020 0x80000000 Nov 12 18:40:43 doughnut kernel: b43: Descr. 9: 0x60000000 0x74 0x36972428 0x80000000 Nov 12 18:40:43 doughnut kernel: b43: Descr. 10: 0x80000000 0x6E 0x36A1595A 0x80000000 Nov 12 18:40:43 doughnut kernel: b43: Descr. 11: 0x0 0x930 0x364AD020 0x80000000 Nov 12 18:40:43 doughnut kernel: b43: Descr. 12: 0x0 0x930 0x364AC020 0x80000000 Nov 12 18:40:43 doughnut kernel: b43: Descr. 13: 0x0 0x930 0x364AB020 0x80000000 Nov 12 18:40:43 doughnut kernel: b43: Descr. 14: 0x0 0x930 0x364AA020 0x80000000 Nov 12 18:40:43 doughnut kernel: b43: Descr. 15: 0x0 0x930 0x364A9020 0x80000000 Nov 12 18:40:43 doughnut kernel: b43: Descr. 16: 0x0 0x930 0x36517020 0x80000000 Nov 12 18:40:43 doughnut kernel: b43: Descr. 17: 0x0 0x930 0x36516020 0x80000000 Nov 12 18:40:43 doughnut kernel: b43: Descr. 18: 0x0 0x930 0x36515020 0x80000000 Nov 12 18:40:43 doughnut kernel: b43: Descr. 19: 0x0 0x930 0x36514020 0x80000000 Nov 12 18:40:43 doughnut kernel: b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 410.2160 (2007-05-26 15:32:10) Nov 12 18:40:49 doughnut kernel: b43-phy0: Controller restarted Nov 12 18:40:49 doughnut kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: Fatal DMA error: 0x00000400, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000 Nov 12 18:40:49 doughnut kernel: b43-phy0: Controller RESET (DMA error) ... Nov 12 18:40:49 doughnut kernel: b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 410.2160 (2007-05-26 15:32:10) Nov 12 18:40:55 doughnut kernel: b43-phy0: Controller restarted Nov 12 18:40:55 doughnut kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: Fatal DMA error: 0x00000400, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000 Nov 12 18:40:55 doughnut kernel: b43-phy0: Controller RESET (DMA error) ... Nov 12 18:40:55 doughnut kernel: b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 410.2160 (2007-05-26 15:32:10) Nov 12 18:41:00 doughnut kernel: b43-phy0: Controller restarted Nov 12 18:41:00 doughnut kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: Fatal DMA error: 0x00000400, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000 Nov 12 18:41:00 doughnut kernel: b43-phy0: Controller RESET (DMA error) ... Nov 12 18:41:01 doughnut kernel: b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 410.2160 (2007-05-26 15:32:10) Nov 12 18:41:06 doughnut kernel: b43-phy0: Controller restarted Nov 12 18:41:06 doughnut kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: Fatal DMA error: 0x00000400, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000400, 0x00000000, 0x00000000 Nov 12 18:41:06 doughnut kernel: b43-phy0: Controller RESET (DMA error) ... Nov 12 18:41:06 doughnut kernel: b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 410.2160 (2007-05-26 15:32:10) Nov 12 18:41:12 doughnut kernel: b43-phy0: Controller restarted Nov 12 18:41:12 doughnut kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: Fatal DMA error: 0x00000400, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000 Nov 12 18:41:12 doughnut kernel: b43-phy0: Controller RESET (DMA error) ... Nov 12 18:41:12 doughnut kernel: b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 410.2160 (2007-05-26 15:32:10) Nov 12 18:41:14 doughnut shutdown[569]: shutting down for system halt Nov 12 18:41:17 doughnut init: Switching to runlevel: 0 Nov 12 18:41:18 doughnut kernel: b43-phy0: Controller restarted Nov 12 18:41:18 doughnut kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: Nov 12 18:41:18 doughnut kernel: No probe response from AP 00:1e:2a:27:7e:62 after 500ms, disconnecting. Nov 12 18:41:18 doughnut kernel: Fatal DMA error: 0x00000400, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000 Nov 12 18:41:18 doughnut kernel: b43-phy0: Controller RESET (DMA error) ... Nov 12 18:41:18 doughnut kernel: b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 410.2160 (2007-05-26 15:32:10) _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
