Francesco Gringoli wrote:
could you please be so kind to try the opensource firmware on that
4311/2 card by renaming it ucode13 and report what happens? I suggest to
try monitor mode without associating first.
I had already tried it in managed mode. The logged data are
Jan 23 13:37:09 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0: Loading OpenSource firmware
version 351.11970
Jan 23 13:37:09 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0 warning: You are using an
old firmware image. Support for old firmware will be removed soon
(official deadline was July 2008).
Jan 23 13:37:09 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0 warning: You must go to
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and
download the correct firmware for this driver version. Please
carefully read all instructions on this website.
Jan 23 13:37:09 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0 debug: Chip initialized
Jan 23 13:37:09 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0 debug: 64-bit DMA initialized
Jan 23 13:37:09 larrylap kernel: Registered led device: b43-phy0::tx
Jan 23 13:37:09 larrylap kernel: Registered led device: b43-phy0::rx
Jan 23 13:37:09 larrylap kernel: Registered led device: b43-phy0::radio
Jan 23 13:37:09 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0 debug: Wireless interface
started
Jan 23 13:37:09 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0: Controller restarted
Jan 23 13:37:25 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
Jan 23 13:37:29 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
Jan 23 13:37:30 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
Jan 23 13:37:30 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
Jan 23 13:37:30 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
Jan 23 13:37:31 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
Jan 23 13:37:31 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
Jan 23 13:37:31 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
Jan 23 13:37:32 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
Jan 23 13:37:32 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
Jan 23 13:37:40 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware watchdog:
The firmware died!
Jan 23 13:37:40 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0: Controller RESET (Firmware
watchdog) ...
Jan 23 13:37:41 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
Jan 23 13:37:41 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0 debug: Wireless interface
stopped
Jan 23 13:37:41 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0 debug: DMA-64 rx_ring: Used
slots 0/64, Failed frames 0/0 = 0.0%, Average tries 0.00
Jan 23 13:37:41 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0 debug: DMA-64 tx_ring_AC_BK:
Used slots 0/128, Failed frames 0/0 = 0.0%, Average tries 0.00
Jan 23 13:37:41 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0 debug: DMA-64 tx_ring_AC_BE:
Used slots 0/128, Failed frames 0/0 = 0.0%, Average tries 0.00
Jan 23 13:37:41 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0 debug: DMA-64 tx_ring_AC_VI:
Used slots 0/128, Failed frames 0/0 = 0.0%, Average tries 0.00
Jan 23 13:37:41 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0 debug: DMA-64 tx_ring_AC_VO:
Used slots 22/128, Failed frames 0/0 = 0.0%, Average tries 0.00
Jan 23 13:37:41 larrylap kernel: b43-phy0 debug: DMA-64 tx_ring_mcast:
Used slots 0/128, Failed frames 0/0 = 0.0%, Average tries 0.00
I haven't gotten to monitor mode yet, but if the firmware cannot
suspend the MAC, I'm not optimistic.
Larry
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