From: Ali Bahar <ali@internetdog.org>
To: Pedram Navid <pedram.navid@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: brcmsmac: fifo 0: descriptor error
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:15:54 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110811021554.GA24567@internetdog.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPoLzpe0OYq677NooOY5F7PyvbNobOXXCuSnoaF7ZVc0cJkjAw@mail.gmail.com>
Hi Pedram,
you must use a meaningful Subject-line for your email.
Hopefully, this'll attract the attention of the couple of Broadcom guys
who are on this list.
Also,
On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 06:48:45PM -0400, Pedram Navid wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'd like to report a bug I have not been able to find elsewhere. I am on
> a fresh Arch install with linux 3.0.1-1, using the brcmsmac module.
> Initially, the wireless works for a few days. At some point, it will
> stop, outputing the following error repeatedly:
>
> Aug 7 09:55:27 localhost kernel: [ 825.796697] ieee80211 phy0: wl0:
> fifo 0: descriptor error
> Aug 7 09:55:27 localhost kernel: [ 825.796713] ieee80211 phy0: wl0:
> fatal error, re-initializing
You may wish to note which of these lines repeat. Do both repeat, or
only the "re-initializing" line? (It may be easier to just paste a few
lines into your mail.)
later,
ali
> I can rmmod brcmsmac, reboot, shutdown, give it a few days, and start
> over and it will sometimes work. Other times, it will persist with the
> fifo errors. Please let me know you need additional log files. I had
> this problem since 2.6.38 and reinstalled Arch twice, thinking it was
> something with my setup that was done incorrectly but haven't been
> able to figure it out. I can't find another case of this error on the
> internet.
>
> # lspci -vnn | grep 14e4
> 05:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation
> 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4727] (rev 01)
> Subsystem: Broadcom Corporation Device [14e4:0510]
>
> # lsmod | grep brc
> brcmsmac 594624 0
> brcmutil 6563 1 brcmsmac
> mac80211 215605 1 brcmsmac
> cfg80211 160516 2 brcmsmac,mac80211
> crc_ccitt 1331 1 brcmsmac
>
> Thank you
> Pedram
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-08-11 2:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2011-08-10 22:48 ` Fwd: Pedram Navid
2011-08-11 2:15 ` Ali Bahar [this message]
2011-08-11 10:35 ` brcmsmac: fifo 0: descriptor error Pedram Navid
2011-08-11 22:26 ` Henry Ptasinski
2011-08-12 0:33 ` Pedram Navid
2011-08-19 14:29 ` Roland Vossen
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