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Bug#464523: linux-image-2.6.24-1-amd64: b43 needs patches for kernel 2.6.24

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Quoted 2 lines · Andreas Richter

Am Montag, 11. Februar 2008 23:06:21 schrieb maximilian attems:
b43 doesn't work here with 2.6.24.1 either :(

ok so please install kerneloops, let it report upstream, quick edit in /etc/kerneloops.conf and reboot into faulty kernel. so upstream will be notified on your oops.

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When i boot my own kernel (2.6.24) with patches the modprobe ssb (on startup or on console) loads the b43 module also.
When i try an modprobe ssb i became the following output:

ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:30:00.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:30:00.0 to 64
ssb: SPROM revision 3 detected.
ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:30:00.0
b43-phy2: Broadcom 4311 WLAN found
phy2: Selected rate control algorithm 'simple'
input: b43-phy2 as /class/input/input14
Registered led device: b43-phy2:tx
Registered led device: b43-phy2:rx
Registered led device: b43-phy2:radio

After that the wlan works ok.

But on the 2.6.24.1 kernel i became the following output on modprobe ssb:

ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:30:00.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:30:00.0 to 64

WARNING: at drivers/ssb/main.c:883 ssb_tmslow_reject_bitmask()

Pid: 3847, comm: modprobe Tainted: P 2.6.24-1-amd64 #1

Call Trace:
 [<ffffffff880527cd>] :ssb:ssb_tmslow_reject_bitmask+0x4a/0x53
 [<ffffffff8805303d>] :ssb:ssb_device_is_enabled+0xf/0x3b
 [<ffffffff880551ba>] :ssb:ssb_pcicore_init+0x19/0x4a
 [<ffffffff88052544>] :ssb:ssb_attach_queued_buses+0x9a/0x294
 [<ffffffff88053ce0>] :ssb:ssb_pci_get_invariants+0x0/0x2b7
 [<ffffffff88052b53>] :ssb:ssb_bus_register+0x13d/0x1ac
 [<ffffffff88052c72>] :ssb:ssb_bus_pcibus_register+0x2a/0x4b
 [<ffffffff880545a1>] :ssb:ssb_pcihost_probe+0x6f/0x9e
 [<ffffffff8031d400>] pci_device_probe+0xd1/0x138
 [<ffffffff80379dda>] driver_probe_device+0xf7/0x174
 [<ffffffff80379ef9>] __driver_attach+0x0/0x92
 [<ffffffff80379f53>] __driver_attach+0x5a/0x92
 [<ffffffff803791c6>] bus_for_each_dev+0x43/0x6e
 [<ffffffff80379546>] bus_add_driver+0x77/0x1be
 [<ffffffff8031d5d9>] __pci_register_driver+0x58/0x8a
 [<ffffffff88031045>] :ssb:ssb_modinit+0x45/0x5d
 [<ffffffff80256ae8>] sys_init_module+0x16e3/0x1821
 [<ffffffff8020be2e>] system_call+0x7e/0x83
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ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:30:00.0

That looks different.
It seems that ssb doesn't detect the Broadcom device.

i don't like the tainted flag, why does that come?

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thanks

No worries.
Hope my input helps to fix the problem.

adding b43 MAINTAINERS on cc to let them know.

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Quoted 1 line · On Tuesday 12 February 2008 20:52:52 maximilian attems wrote:
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b43-phy2: Broadcom 4311 WLAN found

Get a recent wireless-2.6 kernel to get the device working.

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hello andreas,

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Quoted 1 line · On Tuesday 12 February 2008 20:52:52 maximilian attems wrote:
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b43-phy2: Broadcom 4311 WLAN found

Get a recent wireless-2.6 kernel to get the device working.

you probably read upstream recommendation

is 2.6.25-rc1-git2 enough?
please test linux-image
http://photon.itp.tuwien.ac.at/~mattems/

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Am Dienstag, 12. Februar 2008 20:52:52 schrieb maximilian attems:

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quick edit in /etc/kerneloops.conf and reboot into faulty kernel. so upstream will be notified on your oops.

Done:
http://www.kerneloops.org/raw.php?rawid=3645&msgid=

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i don't like the tainted flag, why does that come?

No idea. Sorry.

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