From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mms1.broadcom.com ([216.31.210.17]:2467 "EHLO mms1.broadcom.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753490Ab1HKW0h convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:26:37 -0400 Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:26:24 -0700 From: "Henry Ptasinski" To: "Pedram Navid" cc: "ali@internetdog.org" , "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" , "Henry Ptasinski" Subject: Re: brcmsmac: fifo 0: descriptor error Message-ID: <20110811222624.GJ8119@broadcom.com> (sfid-20110812_002641_144634_876CB4A2) References: <6264DDFA6754194CAB6452BFF5202C330F5F2115@SXGM-401.fg.rbc.com> <20110811021554.GA24567@internetdog.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 03:35:32AM -0700, Pedram Navid wrote: > Thank you Ali, I apologize, this is my first time reporting a bug > through a mailing list. > > Both lines repeat almost every second until I either run ifconfig > wlan0 down or remove the module completely. I have since downgraded to > 2.6.39 and am using the wl module and don't seem to have any problems. > I still have the 3.0 Kernel available if anyone would like me to test > further. > > On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 10:15 PM, Ali Bahar wrote: > > 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. Just to be clear: You can power off the machine, and immediately after starting up again you see these error messages? > >> 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. Can you provide some details about the network setup where you see this issue (band, channel, a/b/g/n, security enabled/disabled) and the host (cpu, 32- or 64-bit kernel). > >> > >> #    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 Can you provide the full output of lsmod? Also, can you file this as a bug in bugzilla.kernel.org to make it easier for us to track? CC henryp@broadcom.com and rvossen@broadcom.com on the bug. Thanks, - Henry