[Bug 42581] bcm43xx fails to associate with accesspoint

[Aris]

Public bug reported:

Affects: linux-source-2.6.15 linux-image-2.6.15-21-amd64-k8 (Ubuntu)
       Severity: Normal
       Priority: (none set)
         Status: Unconfirmed


Description:
Hi,

I am currently running dapper with linux 2.6.15-21-amd64-k8, but it
appeared with some previous kernels.

I extracted the .fw files and put them into the /lib/firmware/2.6.15-21-amd64-k8/ directory.
When booting, here is the dump of dmesg:
...
[   36.317728] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
[   36.353250] bcm43xx:  driver
[   36.424927] Yenta: ISA IRQ mask 0x0c70, PCI irq 177
...
[   36.481751] NVRM: loading NVIDIA Linux x86_64 Kernel Module  1.0-8756  Wed Mar 29 15:12:41 PST 2006
[   37.730778] bcm43xx: FATAL ERROR: BCM43xx_IRQ_XMIT_ERROR
[   37.851038] ieee1394: Host added: ID:BUS[0-00:1023]  GUID[00c09f00001bb4be]
[   38.246729] lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
...
when trying to ifup eth1 and associate with my accesspoint:
[   80.957969] bcm43xx: FATAL ERROR: BCM43xx_IRQ_XMIT_ERROR
[  102.748135] bcm43xx: FATAL ERROR: BCM43xx_IRQ_XMIT_ERROR
[  104.740184] NET: Registered protocol family 10
[  104.740258] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
[  104.740298] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready
[  104.740317] IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver
[  129.434860] bcm43xx: FATAL ERROR: BCM43xx_IRQ_XMIT_ERROR
[  151.225024] bcm43xx: FATAL ERROR: BCM43xx_IRQ_XMIT_ERROR
[  173.003272] bcm43xx: FATAL ERROR: BCM43xx_IRQ_XMIT_ERROR
[  194.793468] bcm43xx: FATAL ERROR: BCM43xx_IRQ_XMIT_ERROR
[  216.571751] bcm43xx: FATAL ERROR: BCM43xx_IRQ_XMIT_ERROR
[  238.362275] bcm43xx: FATAL ERROR: BCM43xx_IRQ_XMIT_ERROR
[  260.140526] bcm43xx: FATAL ERROR: BCM43xx_IRQ_XMIT_ERROR
...
I'm using the card with ndiswrapper, and it currently works:
[  434.416159] bcm43xx: FATAL ERROR: BCM43xx_IRQ_XMIT_ERROR
[  445.556891] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:02:08.0 disabled
[  446.065532] ndiswrapper version 1.8 loaded (preempt=yes,smp=yes)
[  446.092426] ndiswrapper (load_pe_images:571): fixing KI_USER_SHARED_DATA address in the driver
[  446.093609] ndiswrapper: driver netbc564 (,10/01/2002,3.70.17.5) loaded
[  446.093759] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:08.0[A] -> Link [LNK4] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 225
[  446.096976] ndiswrapper: using irq 225
[  446.499935] wlan0: vendor: ''
[  446.499940] wlan0: ndiswrapper ethernet device 00:0b:6b:4b:01:61 using driver netbc564, 14E4:4320.5.conf
[  446.499954] wlan0: encryption modes supported: WEP; TKIP with WPA; AES/CCMP with WPA
[  450.308838] eth1: no IPv6 routers present

here is my lspci -v (stripped)
0000:02:08.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03)
        Subsystem: Wistron NeWeb Corp.: Unknown device 1220
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 64, IRQ 225
        Memory at d0114000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]

I hope I gave enough informations to fix the bugs.

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bcm43xx fails to associate with accesspoint
https://launchpad.net/bugs/42581