Description of problem: Using the new firmware for b43, syslog is full of: ........ Apr 3 17:57:40 notebook kernel: printk: 22 messages suppressed. Apr 3 17:57:40 notebook kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error Apr 3 17:57:46 notebook kernel: printk: 23 messages suppressed. Apr 3 17:57:55 notebook kernel: printk: 40 messages suppressed. ............. other the ERROR messages, the driver seems to be working just fine. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-2.6.24.4-64.fc8 kernel: b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 410.2160 (2007-05-26 15:32:10) How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info: lspci -v ......... Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM94311MCG wlan mini-PCI (rev 01) Subsystem: AMBIT Microsystem Corp. Unknown device 0422 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17 Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K] Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [58] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable- Capabilities: [d0] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00 Kernel driver in use: b43-pci-bridge Kernel modules: ssb
Have you tried the older firmware (the one that triggers the "deprecated" message)? Do you get similar PHY error messages with it? Could you also try this kernel? http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=44648 Michael, the kernel at the link above (2.6.24.4-69.fc8) has wireless bits matching the master-2008-04-01 tag of the wireless-testing tree. The one in the original comment (2.6.24.4-64.fc8) should match the master-2008-03-27 tag of that tree.
The older firmware does NOT generate the PHY error messages. I'll try the koji kernel. sean
Tried the koji kernel: uname -a Linux notebook 2.6.24.4-69.fc8 Same messages: b43-phy0: Broadcom 4311 WLAN found input: b43-phy0 as /class/input/input8 b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 410.2160 (2007-05-26 15:32:10) ........ Apr 6 14:24:33 notebook kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error Apr 6 14:24:36 notebook kernel: printk: 11 messages suppressed. Apr 6 14:24:42 notebook kernel: printk: 15 messages suppressed. ................
With 2.6.24.4-69.fc8 some additional messages: ............ b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error printk: 42 messages suppressed. wlan0: RX too short data frame payload printk: 16 messages suppressed. wlan0: RX too short data frame payload ............... I hadn't noticed the "RX too short data frame..." messages.
Are you continuing to experience this problem with current kernels?
Yes. uname -a Linux 2.6.25.9-76.fc9.i686 dmesg ........ b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error printk: 20 messages suppressed. b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error
2.6.25.11-97.fc9.i686 Just checked again. Nothing. Probably 2.6.25.10. The messages stopped 2 pm, July 22. cat /var/log/mess* | grep PHY ......................... Jul 22 14:00:14 notebook kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error Jul 22 14:00:19 notebook kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error Jul 22 14:00:25 notebook kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error Jul 26 13:43:49 notebook kernel: eth0: Tigon3 [partno(BCM95787m) rev b002 PHY(5787)] (PCI Express) 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet 00:1d:72:05:4a:68
It's back: Aug 18 11:47:49 notebook kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error Aug 18 11:47:55 notebook kernel: printk: 70 messages suppressed. Aug 18 11:47:55 notebook kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error Aug 18 11:48:01 notebook kernel: printk: 51 messages suppressed. Aug 18 11:48:01 notebook kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error 2.6.25.14-108.fc9.i686 (sigh)
uname -a Linux jay-notebook 2.6.26.3-29.fc9.i686 #1 SMP Wed Sep 3 03:42:27 EDT 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux dmesg ....... b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error __ratelimit: 4 messages suppressed b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error __ratelimit: 17 messages suppressed b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error __ratelimit: 7 messages suppressed b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error __ratelimit: 21 messages suppressed b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error __ratelimit: 38 messages suppressed b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error __ratelimit: 4 messages suppressed b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error ACPI: EC: GPE storm detected, disabling EC GPE
It's still here, filling up the logs. uname -a Linux notebook 2.6.26.5-45.fc9.i686 #1 SMP Sat Sep 20 03:45:00 EDT 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux ............. Oct 3 11:03:36 notebook kernel: __ratelimit: 8 messages suppressed Oct 3 11:03:36 notebook kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error Oct 3 11:03:40 notebook kernel: __ratelimit: 19 messages suppressed Oct 3 11:03:40 notebook kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error Oct 3 11:03:44 notebook kernel: __ratelimit: 23 messages suppressed Oct 3 11:03:44 notebook kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error Oct 3 11:03:47 notebook kernel: __ratelimit: 6 messages suppressed Oct 3 11:03:47 notebook kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error Oct 3 11:03:54 notebook kernel: __ratelimit: 33 messages suppressed Oct 3 11:03:54 notebook kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error Oct 3 11:03:58 notebook kernel: __ratelimit: 2 messages suppressed Oct 3 11:03:58 notebook kernel: b43-phy0 ERROR: PHY transmission error .................
Other than the log noise, do you have connectivity problems? I.E. is this just a nuisance? Or is there a functional problem?
AFAICT, no functional problem. But I keep becoming aware of it when I have any another problem. dmesg has nothing but these msgs.
*** Bug 466933 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
What is the latest kernel you have tried? I'm not seeing this on the b43 devices I have, but it seems to be card specific from the reports I've heard...
That laptop's display gave out last December, so now it just sits headless with a wired connection. So no more messages.