Bug 573224 - b43 driver fails and can not be reloaded. Have to reboot to fix the problem
Summary: b43 driver fails and can not be reloaded. Have to reboot to fix the problem
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: k12linux-quick-start-guide
Version: 12
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Peter Scheie
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-03-13 14:46 UTC by Evgueni Tzvetanov
Modified: 2013-01-27 20:12 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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: 725592 (view as bug list)
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Last Closed: 2010-12-03 17:26:17 UTC
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Description Evgueni Tzvetanov 2010-03-13 14:46:19 UTC
Description of problem:

Set up with static IP address in IPv4 home network. Upgraded to Fedora 12 and all turned OK, but in after less than 1 hour the wireless driver (b43 in particular) stopped working

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

uname -a:
Linux roamer 2.6.32.9-70.fc12.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Mar 3 04:40:41 UTC 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

dmesg excerpt:

b43-phy0: Radio hardware status changed to DISABLED
b43-phy0: Radio turned on by software
b43-phy0: The hardware RF-kill button still turns the radio physically off. Press the button to turn it on.
wlan0: deauthenticating from 00:14:d1:3f:b1:da by local choice (reason=3)
b43-phy0 ERROR: DMA RX reset timed out
b43-phy0 ERROR: DMA TX reset timed out
b43-phy0 ERROR: DMA TX reset timed out
b43-phy0 ERROR: DMA TX reset timed out
b43-phy0 ERROR: DMA TX reset timed out
b43-phy0 ERROR: DMA TX reset timed out

How reproducible:

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Fedora 12 upgraded from 11 and with the latest updates -- hardware HP Pavilion dv9410us with bmc4311 latest firmware from linuxwireless.org version -- broadcom-wl-4.178.10.4
2.Connect with wireless via a static IP and use the network fro a while. Leave it idle for a while as well as working all the time with it.

  
Actual results:

Driver freezes and can not be reloaded.

Expected results:

Normal wireless networking as with kernel version 2.6.30.x.

Additional info:

modules running (lsmod)
Module                  Size  Used by
rfcomm                 66784  4 
sco                    16682  2 
bridge                 48306  0 
stp                     1935  1 bridge
llc                     4739  2 bridge,stp
bnep                   15431  2 
l2cap                  45723  16 rfcomm,bnep
btusb                  15380  2 
bluetooth              89475  9 rfcomm,sco,bnep,l2cap,btusb
vboxnetadp              4755  0 
vboxnetflt             10983  0 
vboxdrv              1738598  2 vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt
fuse                   57189  2 
nvidia               9617586  31 
cryptd                  6913  0 
aes_x86_64              7734  0 
aes_generic            27076  1 aes_x86_64
sunrpc                193803  1 
ipv6                  279399  34 
cpufreq_ondemand        8793  1 
powernow_k8            14706  1 
freq_table              3947  2 cpufreq_ondemand,powernow_k8
kvm_amd                33477  0 
kvm                   244057  1 kvm_amd
uinput                  7228  0 
snd_hda_codec_conexant    34927  1 
arc4                    1425  2 
ecb                     2079  2 
b43                   158688  0 
snd_hda_intel          23712  2 
uvcvideo               54555  0 
mac80211              203545  1 b43
snd_hda_codec          71956  2 snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel
videodev               33864  1 uvcvideo
cfg80211              117514  2 b43,mac80211
snd_hwdep               6446  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_seq                52773  0 
snd_seq_device          6151  1 snd_seq
snd_pcm                78375  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
v4l1_compat            12922  2 uvcvideo,videodev
ssb                    48277  1 b43
sdhci_pci               6461  0 
v4l2_compat_ioctl32     9579  1 videodev
sdhci                  17982  1 sdhci_pci
hp_wmi                  4984  0 
i2c_nforce2             6819  0 
rfkill                 16966  5 bluetooth,cfg80211,hp_wmi
snd_timer              19840  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
wmi                     6872  1 hp_wmi
forcedeth              48412  0 
edac_core              39581  0 
i2c_core               26876  3 nvidia,videodev,i2c_nforce2
snd                    62376  12 snd_hda_codec_conexant,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm,snd_timer
mmc_core               61853  3 b43,ssb,sdhci
soundcore               6271  1 snd
snd_page_alloc          7389  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
edac_mce_amd            7714  0 
ricoh_mmc               3331  0 
joydev                  9512  0 
k8temp                  3735  0 
dm_multipath           14558  0 
firewire_ohci          20739  0 
ata_generic             3467  0 
pata_acpi               3395  0 
firewire_core          43768  1 firewire_ohci
crc_itu_t               1539  1 firewire_core
pata_amd               11269  0 
sata_nv                20834  2 
video                  20118  0 
output                  2213  1 video


PCI information:
00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 0 (rev a2)
00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 1 (rev a2)
00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 5 (rev a2)
00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 4 (rev a2)
00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
00:00.6 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 3 (rev a2)
00:00.7 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 2 (rev a2)
00:02.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
00:03.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
00:05.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C51 [Geforce 6150 Go] (rev a2)
00:09.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
00:0a.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 LPC Bridge (rev a3)
00:0a.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP51 SMBus (rev a3)
00:0a.3 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation MCP51 PMU (rev a3)
00:0b.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:0b.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:0d.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 IDE (rev f1)
00:0e.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller (rev f1)
00:10.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:10.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP51 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
00:14.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Ethernet Controller (rev a3)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 02)
07:05.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller
07:05.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 19)
07:05.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 0a)
07:05.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 05)
07:05.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev ff)

USB attached devices:
Bus 002 Device 006: ID 0a5c:2101 Broadcom Corp. A-Link BlueUsbA2 Bluetooth
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0c45:62c0 Microdia Sonix USB 2.0 Camera
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Comment 1 art 2010-03-28 16:34:34 UTC
I can confirm this bug on x86_64 & i686 kernels greater than 2.6.30.x including latest from F13-alpha 2.6.33-0.52.rc8.git6.fc13.i686 (same laptop)

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Comment 3 Bug Zapper 2010-12-03 17:26:17 UTC
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