From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756837AbYGWXp1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:45:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756611AbYGWXpA (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:45:00 -0400 Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.157]:28255 "EHLO fg-out-1718.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756456AbYGWXo7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:44:59 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:organization:to:subject:date:user-agent:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :message-id; b=ZkoQprrQqU2XpVomWy1HEFPRz0ac1GrZoNznyJhJVX8Z2XWpJXV6RFSJYFgwOun8KJ 4STNLRPruAGsHScAuuoMMfm2YE2pKQSe39yZhjhHa50jfUrs23XF6sz43ieX61y2WULT x1zcC9oDsMR21kHLS0r2UfFXedYEM9hX2Qg2g= From: Mihai =?utf-8?q?Don=C8=9Bu?= Organization: Home To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: wireless chip reinitialized (b43) Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:44:54 +0300 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.9 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200807240244.55224.mihai.dontu@gmail.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, I'm an exclusive wireless user (at home, at least) and a pretty happy one too. However, today something didn't go right: [11278.445832] b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error [11278.449861] b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error [11278.452122] b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error [11285.052841] __ratelimit: 12 messages suppressed [11285.052841] b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error [11290.473424] __ratelimit: 9 messages suppressed [11290.473424] b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error [11294.955712] __ratelimit: 3 messages suppressed [11294.955726] b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error [11298.435943] __ratelimit: 93 messages suppressed [11298.435952] b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error [11303.433619] __ratelimit: 143 messages suppressed [11303.433619] b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error [11308.546863] __ratelimit: 282 messages suppressed [11308.546863] b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error [11313.610472] __ratelimit: 281 messages suppressed [11313.610472] b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error [11318.432246] __ratelimit: 281 messages suppressed [11318.432246] b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error [11323.441897] __ratelimit: 417 messages suppressed [11323.441897] b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error [11328.492385] __ratelimit: 301 messages suppressed [11328.492385] b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error [11329.849144] b43-phy0 debug: Wireless interface stopped [11329.850941] b43-phy0 debug: DMA-32 rx_ring: Used slots 3/64, Failed frames 0/0 = 0.0%, Average tries 0.00 [11329.851862] b43-phy0 debug: DMA-32 tx_ring_AC_BK: Used slots 0/128, Failed frames 0/0 = 0.0%, Average tries 0.00 [11329.853482] b43-phy0 debug: DMA-32 tx_ring_AC_BE: Used slots 0/128, Failed frames 0/0 = 0.0%, Average tries 0.00 [11329.855434] b43-phy0 debug: DMA-32 tx_ring_AC_VI: Used slots 0/128, Failed frames 0/0 = 0.0%, Average tries 0.00 [11329.857355] b43-phy0 debug: DMA-32 tx_ring_AC_VO: Used slots 110/128, Failed frames 1332/114913 = 1.1%, Average tries 1.47 [11329.859335] b43-phy0 debug: DMA-32 tx_ring_mcast: Used slots 0/128, Failed frames 0/0 = 0.0%, Average tries 0.00 [11329.988974] b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 410.2160 (2007-05-26 15:32:10) [11331.213499] b43-phy0 debug: Chip initialized [11331.213883] b43-phy0 debug: 32-bit DMA initialized [11331.222884] b43-phy0 debug: Wireless interface started I'm pretty used with the "transmission error" messages, but the "interface stopped/started" are new and had the effect of "locking" me out of the network (so to speak). I had to reinitialize the interface via: # /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 restart Is this new to everyone? I'm using a 2.6.26 vanilla kernel: # uname -a Linux mdontu-dell 2.6.26 #2 SMP PREEMPT Tue Jul 15 00:19:02 EEST 2008 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T5500 @ 1.66GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux on a DELL Latitude D520, with a: 0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11a/b/g (rev 01) Thanks, PS: This is the first time it happens to me and I don't know how to reproduce it. I'm sorry. -- Mihai Donțu