On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Marc Haber <mh+bcm43xx-...@zugschlus.de> wrote: > Hi Larry, > > On Sat, Mar 06, 2010 at 07:57:57AM -0600, Larry Finger wrote: >> On 03/06/2010 04:07 AM, Marc Haber wrote: >> > On Fri, Mar 05, 2010 at 05:54:24PM +0000, Chris Vine wrote: >> >> You can get the Ideapad to work by forcing use of the PIO however. >> > >> > How exactly do I do this? I remember trying by adding some options to >> > /etc/modprobe.d/b43, but the module didn't seem to understand this. I >> > don't have the ideapad at hand at the moment, so I cannot look, but I >> > can try tonight. >> >> Unless you are getting the DMA error, choosing PIO will not help. If you are >> getting that error, it will say so in the dmesg output. > > I have looked again, and the fatal DMA error is indeed there. It > suggested setting CONFIG_B43_FORCE_PIO=y, which I did despite of the > very clear warnings given in the make menuconfig help. > > However, the DMA error has vanished, but my B43 still says that the > interface doesn't support scanning.
That message sounds like you are using iwlist to scan - try iw instead. > > Greetings > Marc > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header > Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 > Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 3221 2323190 > _______________________________________________ > Bcm43xx-dev mailing list > Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev > -- Vista: [V]iruses, [I]ntruders, [S]pyware, [T]rojans and [A]dware. :-) _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
