Bug 232545

Summary:	System freezes bringing up bcm43xx interface
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	W. Andrew Denton <bugzilla.redhat>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	John W. Linville <linville>
Status:	CLOSED INSUFFICIENT_DATA	QA Contact:	Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Description W. Andrew Denton 2007-03-16 01:39:59 UTC

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Description of problem:
System is a Dell Inspiron 8200
Broadcom Corporation BCM4303 802.11b Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01)

kernel-2.6.20-1.2949.fc7 works fine, and I'm using that now.

Attempting to bring up eth1 results in machine freezing. I don't get an OOPS. This happens even if I move away my /lib/firmware files.
The last thing I see before the system freezes is the localhost login: followed by
bcm43xx_mac80211: Microcode not responding
or if I move away the firmware:
bcm43xx_mac80211: Error: microcode "bcm43xx_microcode2.fw" not available or load failed.
and then the system stops responding.

If I boot into single-user, and manually ifup eth1, I typically get
Determining IP information for eth1...
and then the system stops responding. I don't see any difference with/without firmware.

Once, I got
Determining IP information for eth1...SIOCSIFFLAGS: no such device

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-2.6.20-1.2986.fc7

How reproducible:
Always


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Boot the system, or,
2. ifup eth1


Actual Results:


Expected Results:


Additional info:
Boot with firmware:
Mar 15 17:59:33 ettercap NetworkManager: <info>  starting... 
Mar 15 17:59:34 ettercap NetworkManager: <info>  New VPN service 'openvpn' (org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.openvpn). 
Mar 15 17:59:34 ettercap NetworkManager: <info>  New VPN service 'vpnc' (org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.vpnc). 
Mar 15 17:59:34 ettercap kernel: bcm43xx_mac80211: Adding Interface type 2
Mar 15 17:59:34 ettercap kernel: bcm43xx_mac80211: Found PHY: Analog 0, Type 1, Revision 2
Mar 15 17:59:34 ettercap kernel: bcm43xx_mac80211: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, Version 0x2053, Revision 2
Mar 15 17:59:34 ettercap kernel: bcm43xx_mac80211: Microcode not responding
Mar 15 17:59:36 ettercap gdm[1708]: no suitable security token driver could be found

Boot without firmware:
Mar 15 18:07:34 ettercap NetworkManager: <info>  starting... 
Mar 15 18:07:34 ettercap NetworkManager: <info>  New VPN service 'openvpn' (org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.openvpn). 
Mar 15 18:07:34 ettercap NetworkManager: <info>  New VPN service 'vpnc' (org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.vpnc). 
Mar 15 18:07:34 ettercap kernel: bcm43xx_mac80211: Adding Interface type 2
Mar 15 18:07:34 ettercap kernel: bcm43xx_mac80211: Found PHY: Analog 0, Type 1, Revision 2
Mar 15 18:07:34 ettercap kernel: bcm43xx_mac80211: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, Version 0x2053, Revision 2
Mar 15 18:07:35 ettercap firmware_helper[1729]: Loading of /lib/firmware/bcm43xx_microcode2.fw for bcm43xx_mac80211 driver failed: No such file or director
y
Mar 15 18:07:35 ettercap kernel: bcm43xx_mac80211: Error: Microcode "bcm43xx_microcode2.fw" not available or load failed.
Mar 15 18:07:37 ettercap NetworkManager: <info>  eth1: Device is fully-supported using driver 'bcm43xx-pci'. 
Mar 15 18:07:37 ettercap NetworkManager: <info>  nm_device_init(): waiting for device's worker thread to start 
Mar 15 18:07:37 ettercap kernel: bcm43xx_mac80211: Adding Interface type 2

Comment 1 Dave Jones 2007-04-23 16:33:23 UTC

hows this with the latest builds ?  (There's also the newer bcm43xx-mac80211
driver included now, (which needs different firmware iirc).

Comment 2 John W. Linville 2007-08-07 18:52:53 UTC

Closed due to lack of response...