Re: [PATCH V4] ssb: Implement virtual SPROM

2010-03-26 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 26 March 2010, Larry Finger wrote: >Some recent BCM43XX devices lack an on-board SPROM. The pertinent data >from the SPROM could be included in the kernel; however, this presents >a problem in the generation of a unique, reproducible MAC address. The >solution is to initialize the address

Re: b43/b43legacy driver

2010-02-05 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 05 February 2010, David Montero wrote: >Hi Rafal, > >I am sorry, what do you mean with "*stop* using html for your mails"? >I am using my gmail account from internet, could you recommend me another >way to use it? >Thanks in advance >david > You are actually sending both plain text and an

Re: b43/b43legacy driver

2010-02-05 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 05 February 2010, Rafał Miłecki wrote: >W dniu 5 lutego 2010 12:06 użytkownik David Montero > > napisał: >> Thanks Rafal! >> I updated the kernel to 2.6.32 and it doesn't work yet. > >Please, *stop* using html for your mails. Use Éric's commands. > While I took the time to look, there is

Re: b43/BCM4312 fails with DMA errors

2009-10-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 19 October 2009, Chris Vine wrote: >On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:12:59 +0200 > >Michael Buesch wrote: >> Post the full log, please, so we can _verify_ that it's irrelevant. >> Everything else is just bad guesswork. > >Full marks for attitude. What do you take, for this purpose, as >being "the

Re: b43/BCM4312 fails with DMA errors

2009-10-17 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 17 October 2009, Chris Vine wrote: >On Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:35:54 +0200 > >Gábor Stefanik wrote: >> Could you please try the real wireless-testing tree (as opposed to >> compat-wireless)? >> >> Also, what I noticed is that everyone with this problem appears to >> have an Intel Atom CPU.

Re: need help..

2009-05-10 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 10 May 2009, Harshil Doshi wrote: >hi my name is harshil doshii have a request as how am i supposed to >un-subscribe...pls help You can manage that at the https address the server will attach below my sig. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, b

Re: b43legacy: My laptop has no button for rfkill but the driver sais it has...

2008-12-25 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 25 December 2008, Ulf Dambacher wrote: >Hi > >Michael Buesch schrieb: >> On Wednesday 24 December 2008 18:16:20 Ulf Dambacher wrote: >>> And both drivers use exactly the same code to test for the rfkill button. >>> one sais on the other sees off. >> >> You must also honor the fact that

Re: b43legacy: My laptop has no button for rfkill but the driver sais it has...

2008-12-24 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 24 December 2008, Michael Buesch wrote: >On Wednesday 24 December 2008 11:16:36 Ulf Dambacher wrote: >> Matthew Garrett schrieb: >> > On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 06:08:17PM +0100, Ulf Dambacher wrote: >> >> Hi >> >> >> >> I hav a dell inspiron 5100 and it has no hardware button device to >

Kudo's to the developers

2008-10-17 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings; I pulled out my lappy today and tried to get a connection in the garage, about 55 feet and a layer of alu siding between the card in my dd-wrt based x86 router with an aetheros wireless nic in it. No dice, couldn't even get the radio's activity led to blink. Brought it in here so t

Re: [PATCH RFT] b43: Rewrite PHY API for N-PHY/LP-PHY -- good on 4311

2008-08-18 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 18 August 2008, Larry Finger wrote: >Holger Schurig wrote: >> Huh? I use "make install modules_install" from my kernel source >> dir (which I usually get via git) and that works fine, as in >> every distro on earth. >> >> Hehe, but I seldom use distro kernels, not even when I used Red >>

Re: More discrepancies in ssb-sprom

2008-06-27 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 27 June 2008, Dale Walsh wrote: >On Jun 27, 2008, at 05:57 AM, Michael Buesch wrote: >> On Friday 27 June 2008 10:40:39 Dale Walsh wrote: [...] >> You're making a fool out of yourself. > >I am ??? Yes. >> You have absolutely no clue about the meaning of the values in the >> sprom. > >Yo

Re: Wi-Fi interface intermittently missing on HP laptop

2008-02-14 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 14 February 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Larry Finger wrote: >> Hans Henry von Tresckow wrote: >>> Larry, how do you get a warrenty replacement after you "void" the >>> warranty by installing an alternate OS on your HP laptop? >> >> I only have to leave Windows on the machine. If I n

Re: Wi-Fi interface intermittently missing on HP laptop

2008-02-14 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 14 February 2008, Hans Henry von Tresckow wrote: >On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 9:32 AM, Larry Finger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Ramesh wrote: >> > Hi Larry. >> > >> > I have a HP DV6040US & I do see the same problem. Initiallly, when I >> > hit this problem a year back, it was figure

Re: Help with bcm4328 revision 5

2008-02-12 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 12 February 2008, Michael Buesch wrote: >On Tuesday 12 February 2008 18:48:30 Pavel Roskin wrote: >> On Tue, 2008-02-12 at 14:38 -0200, Alan Carvalho de Assis wrote: >> > Hi, >> > I am testing kernel 2.6.25-rc1 to get my Broadcom Corporation BCM4328 >> > 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 03) working. >

b43, b43legacy questions

2007-11-07 Thread Gene Heskett
How do I tell which of these drivers to use with the 2.6.23.1-21.fc7 fedora kernel. I've removed the alias's from /etc/modprobe.conf that said wlan0 was ndiswrapper, and NM enables the radio but cannot connect. After a reboot with no aliases set its b43, mac80211, rc80211_simple and ssb that s

Re: Any hope ?

2007-09-07 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 07 September 2007, Arne Chr. Jorgensen wrote: Reply at bottom. >hi all, > >Can anyone tell me what chance there might be to get the wi-fi working under > Linux for the following hardware ? ( inserted it below ) > >I did read something about it on another site, while it wasn't for this >

Re: bcm4318 in an HP dv5120us lappy

2007-06-02 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 02 June 2007, Gene Heskett wrote: >Greetings; > >Fresh F7 install on that lappy. Kernel is 2.6.21.1, i686 version, on a >powernow-k8 64 bitter. > >Whats the procedure to get this working? Addendum: Installing bcm43xx-fwcutter, following the instructions on

bcm4318 in an HP dv5120us lappy

2007-06-02 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings; Fresh F7 install on that lappy. Kernel is 2.6.21.1, i686 version, on a powernow-k8 64 bitter. Whats the procedure to get this working? -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (

Re: Upgrade to f7 breaks bcm43xx module

2007-06-01 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 01 June 2007, Larry Finger wrote: >Gene Heskett wrote: >> I too would be interested in seeing this updated because I'm ATM making >> backups of the goodies on an FC5 lappy, HP-dv5120us, preparatory to >> rebooting from the F7 dvd. The radio in that lappy is a

Re: Upgrade to f7 breaks bcm43xx module

2007-06-01 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 01 June 2007, John H. wrote: >I mean, the correct files to populate /lib/firmware(as I assume that's >what you mean). > >I don't see it, or the instructions, on >http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ I too would be interested in seeing this updated because I'm ATM making backups of the goodies on

Re: OpenBSD bcw: Possible GPL license violation issues

2007-04-05 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 05 April 2007, Michael Buesch wrote: >On Thursday 05 April 2007 22:21, Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Thursday 05 April 2007, Michael Buesch wrote: >> >On Thursday 05 April 2007 07:41, Marcus Glocker wrote: >> >> I wanted to make some quick progress (maybe too

Re: OpenBSD bcw: Possible GPL license violation issues

2007-04-05 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 05 April 2007, Michael Buesch wrote: >On Thursday 05 April 2007 07:41, Marcus Glocker wrote: >> I wanted to make some quick progress (maybe too quick), and rewrite >> the functions in question after seeing some first success, e.g. >> receivment of first frames, which isn't the case righ

Re: bcm43xx: Ad-Hoc (IBSS) works fine

2007-02-19 Thread Gene Heskett
o be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2007 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.

Re: Problem with mb tree

2007-02-15 Thread Gene Heskett
-- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are:

Re: RFT bcm43xx: Really _GOOD_ news

2007-02-07 Thread Gene Heskett
wdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2007 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. ___ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev

Re: RFT bcm43xx: Really _GOOD_ news

2007-02-06 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 06 February 2007 17:29, Pavel Roskin wrote: >On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 16:37 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: >> That's great Larry. Now how long does it take to get this into a >> distro's >> update kernel queue? Or do I have to build a kernel for my lappy,

Re: RFT bcm43xx: Really _GOOD_ news

2007-02-06 Thread Gene Heskett
s.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Hesk

Re: [RFC PATCH] bcm43xx: set channel when the interface is brought up

2007-01-25 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 25 January 2007 18:38, Hendrik Sattler wrote: >Am Donnerstag 25 Januar 2007 19:34 schrieb Gene Heskett: >> >NM in FC5 and FC6 should offer you the option of storing the key in >> > the gnome-keyring.  Maybe you don't have the gnome-keyring package >&g

Re: [RFC PATCH] bcm43xx: set channel when the interface is brought up

2007-01-25 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 25 January 2007 12:44, Dave Maley wrote: >On Thu, 2007-01-25 at 12:30 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: >> > It is straight-forward for me with SoftMAC using openSUSE 10.2 with >> > KDE. In YaST, I told NetworkServices/NetworkDevices that I was using >> > NM

Re: [RFC PATCH] bcm43xx: set channel when the interface is brought up

2007-01-25 Thread Gene Heskett
t;There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2007 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. ___ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev

Re: [RFC PATCH] bcm43xx: set channel when the interface is brought up

2007-01-25 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 25 January 2007 12:19, Larry Finger wrote: >Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Thursday 25 January 2007 10:36, Larry Finger wrote: >>> Gene Heskett wrote: >>>> On Thursday 25 January 2007 07:50, Jiri Benc wrote: >>>>> On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 12:47:

Re: [RFC PATCH] bcm43xx: set channel when the interface is brought up

2007-01-25 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 25 January 2007 09:23, Jiri Benc wrote: >On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:05:32 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: >> Oh? I'm sitting here watching the tty0 screen of my lappy after x has >> been started, and I have established a connection, but SoftMAC is >> still logging i

Re: RFC: bcm43xx-d80211: Add radio hardware switch code to mb tree

2007-01-25 Thread Gene Heskett
its 100+ lines of assembly code to pick ones way thru the hardware and do it, that's certainly not productive use of cpu time IMO. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2007 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. ___ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev

Re: [RFC PATCH] bcm43xx: set channel when the interface is brought up

2007-01-25 Thread Gene Heskett
t; -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2007 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. ___ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev

Re: RFC/T bcm43xx-softmac: Fix for >1 GB RAM

2007-01-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 19 January 2007 17:28, Larry Finger wrote: >Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Friday 19 January 2007 15:47, Larry Finger wrote: >>> Will Dyson wrote: >>>> Hi Larry, >>>> >>>> I just tried the patch, and I can confirm that it allows me to r

Re: RFC/T bcm43xx-softmac: Fix for >1 GB RAM

2007-01-19 Thread Gene Heskett
mailing list >Bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de >https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorne

Re: RFC/T bcm43xx-softmac: Fix for >1 GB RAM

2007-01-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 19 January 2007 10:33, Larry Finger wrote: >Gene Heskett wrote: >> So I've noted, Larry. Are you offering snapshots packed as tar.gz's >> from time to time, something I can just nuke the existing kernel stuff >> and replace that whole subdir with your

Re: RFC/T bcm43xx-softmac: Fix for >1 GB RAM

2007-01-18 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 19 January 2007 00:29, Larry Finger wrote: >Gene Heskett wrote: >> Humm, how long till that patch makes it to a fedora kernel? I haven't >> built a kernel yet for that lappy. I figure one or two a week on this >> box costs me enough blood. > >I'm no

Re: RFC/T bcm43xx-softmac: Fix for >1 GB RAM

2007-01-18 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 18 January 2007 22:49, Larry Finger wrote: >Gene Heskett wrote: >> I think this must be a fairly common way for HP at least to do it. >> The switch on my HP dv5120us feels like a momentary of some sort, and >> in windows it turns the radio on and off. However it

Re: RFC/T bcm43xx-softmac: Fix for >1 GB RAM

2007-01-18 Thread Gene Heskett
t. Communication between the button and the radio certainly seems broken on my lappy. It BTW has a bcm4318 radio in it. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt

Re: New problem with wlan0

2007-01-14 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 13 January 2007 14:35, Gene Heskett wrote: >Greetings; > >I have bcm43xx setup now, and if I assign its address as opposed to > using dhcp, it appears to work. > >Appears is the correct word I think, because its not receiving anything >although I can: > >ss

New problem with wlan0

2007-01-13 Thread Gene Heskett
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Re: nm vs wireless on my lappy

2007-01-13 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 13 January 2007 07:20, Martin Langer wrote: >On Sat, Jan 13, 2007 at 06:49:50AM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Saturday 13 January 2007 06:20, Martin Langer wrote: >> >On Sat, Jan 13, 2007 at 02:41:06AM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: >> >> On Saturday 13 Ja

Re: nm vs wireless on my lappy

2007-01-13 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 13 January 2007 06:20, Martin Langer wrote: >On Sat, Jan 13, 2007 at 02:41:06AM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Saturday 13 January 2007 01:47, Larry Finger wrote: >> >Gene Heskett wrote: >> >> The following is a message I'd posted to the fedora l

Re: nm vs wireless on my lappy

2007-01-12 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 13 January 2007 01:47, Larry Finger wrote: >Gene Heskett wrote: >> The following is a message I'd posted to the fedora list earlier, with >> few replies. >> >> On Wednesday 10 January 2007 22:00, David Hollis wrote: >>> On Wed, 2007-01-10 at

Re: nm vs wireless on my lappy

2007-01-12 Thread Gene Heskett
The following is a message I'd posted to the fedora list earlier, with few replies. On Wednesday 10 January 2007 22:00, David Hollis wrote: >On Wed, 2007-01-10 at 19:55 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Wednesday 10 January 2007 18:13, David Hollis wrote: >> >On Wed, 20