[Bug 182716] Re: bcm4306, bcm4309, bcm4311, bcm4312 with b43 : Authentification with AP doesn't work.

krop krop at hotmail.fr
Thu Apr 10 10:36:05 UTC 2008


** Summary changed:

- bcm4306, bcm4309, bcm4311, bcm4312 don't work with b43 / ssb
+ bcm4306, bcm4309, bcm4311, bcm4312 with b43 : Authentification with AP doesn't work.

** Description changed:

+ Note to Triage Team : This bug is NOT about Ndiswrapper, NOT about
+ bcm43xx and NOT about conflicts users may have with SSB.
+ 
+ This bug is about timeout when authentificating with AP when using a
+ bcm4306 rev. 03 card and b43 module.
+ 
  Dist : Hardy 8.04
  $ uname -a
  Linux mokona 2.6.24-4-generic #1 SMP Thu Jan 10 23:30:27 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
  
  Concerned hardware : 
  02:09.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4320] (rev 03)
          Subsystem: Linksys Unknown device [1737:0013]
          Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
          Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
          Latency: 32
          Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 19
          Region 0: Memory at fdffe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
  
  The concerned card is a Linksys WMP-54g
  After upgrading from Gutsy to Hardy, I blacklisted the ndiswrapper module and the bcm43xx one to try the b43 one (I used b43-fwcutter and the correct file to extract firmware).
  
  After rebooting, the network doesn't work and only does if I unload
  ohci-hcd, ssb, b43 and modprobe bcm43xx.
  
  If I unload everything and modprobe b43 :
  [ 1696.188497] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:09.0[A] -> Link [APC4] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
  [ 1696.226619] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on PCI device 0000:02:09.0
  [ 1696.254937] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4306 WLAN found
  [ 1696.342897] phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'simple'
  [ 1696.472470] udev: renamed network interface wmaster0 to eth1
  [ 1696.549096] input: b43-phy0 as /devices/virtual/input/input5
  [  772.133199] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
  
  ifconfig -a returns :
  # ifconfig -a
  eth1      Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 00-0F-66-F2-8E-4A-40-E2-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
            UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
            Packets reçus:0 erreurs:0 :0 overruns:0 frame:0
            TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
            collisions:0 lg file transmission:1000
            Octets reçus:0 (0.0 B) Octets transmis:0 (0.0 B)
  
  wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0f:66:f2:8e:4a
            UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
            Packets reçus:0 erreurs:0 :0 overruns:0 frame:0
            TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
            collisions:0 lg file transmission:1000
            Octets reçus:0 (0.0 B) Octets transmis:0 (0.0 B)
  
  lshw -C network returns : 
   *-network
         description: Network controller
         product: BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller
         vendor: Broadcom Corporation
         physical id: 9
         bus info: pci at 0000:02:09.0
         version: 03
         width: 32 bits
         clock: 33MHz
         capabilities: bus_master
         configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=32 module=ssb
    *-network
         description: Wireless interface
         physical id: 1
         logical name: wlan0
         serial: 00:0f:66:f2:8e:4a
         capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
         configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g
  
  At this point, restarting the network gives :
  
  Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.6
  Copyright 2004-2007 Internet Systems Consortium.
  All rights reserved.
  For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/
  
  eth1: unknown hardware address type 801
  eth1: unknown hardware address type 801
  Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:0f:66:f2:8e:4a
  Sending on   LPF/wlan0/00:0f:66:f2:8e:4a
  Sending on   Socket/fallback
  DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
  [cut]
  No DHCPOFFERS received.
  No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
  
  and dmesg : 
  [ 2165.226966] wlan0: Initial auth_alg=0
  [ 2165.226977] wlan0: authenticate with AP <the router MAC>
  [cut 2 lines]
  [ 2165.826050] wlan0: authentication with AP <the router MAC> timed out
  --
  
  Now, if I modprobe -r b43 && modprobe bcm43xx :
  
  # lshw -C network
    *-network
         description: Wireless interface
         product: BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller
         vendor: Broadcom Corporation
         physical id: 9
         bus info: pci at 0000:02:09.0
         logical name: wlan0
         version: 03
         serial: 00:0f:66:f2:8e:4a
         width: 32 bits
         clock: 33MHz
         capabilities: bus_master ethernet physical wireless
         configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bcm43xx driverversion=2.6.24-4-generic ip=192.168.15.1 latency=32 link=yes module=bcm43xx multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11b/g
  
  Dmesg output :
  [ 2286.617516] ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:02:09.0 disabled
  [ 2286.684085] bcm43xx driver
  [ 2286.695657] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:09.0[A] -> Link [APC4] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
  [ 2286.746964] udev: renamed network interface eth0 to wlan0
  [ 2286.747605] prism2usb_init: prism2_usb.o: 0.2.8 Loaded
  [ 2286.747611] prism2usb_init: dev_info is: prism2_usb
  [ 2286.747653] usbcore: registered new interface driver prism2_usb
  [ 2286.995489] bcm43xx: Radio enabled by hardware
  [ 2287.207872] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
  [ 2287.500654] bcm43xx: Radio enabled by hardware
  [ 2287.716373] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
  
  and I have a working network (and reload ohci-hcd).
  ---
  Last attempt then : blacklist b43, add bcm43xx in /etc/modules and reboot and it doesn't work. lshw returns «configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=32 module=ssb».
  
  It is working if I blacklist b43 in /etc/modprobe.d and (very very
  badly) blacklist ssb (renaming ssb.ko). Only trouble then, ohci-hcd
  can't load :
  
  [   22.523070] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
  [   22.526435] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
  [   22.536698] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
  [   22.541300] ohci_hcd: Unknown symbol ssb_device_disable
  [   22.545038] ohci_hcd: Unknown symbol ssb_admatch_base
  [   22.548913] ohci_hcd: Unknown symbol ssb_device_enable
  [   22.552850] ohci_hcd: Unknown symbol ssb_driver_unregister
  [   22.556937] ohci_hcd: Unknown symbol __ssb_driver_register
  [   22.561268] ohci_hcd: Unknown symbol ssb_admatch_size
  
  --
  
  I hope this is clear enough :-)

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bcm4306, bcm4309, bcm4311, bcm4312 with b43 : Authentification with AP doesn't work.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/182716
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