From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:23925 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753001Ab0C3Qry (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:47:54 -0400 Subject: Re: b43 'hardware blocked' but only keyboard/led touch button From: Dan Williams To: Philippe De Muyter Cc: Larry Finger , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Matthew Garrett In-Reply-To: <20100330073401.GA13675@frolo.macqel> References: <20100329201236.GA9587@frolo.macqel> <4BB1335F.7030306@lwfinger.net> <20100330073401.GA13675@frolo.macqel> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:47:37 -0700 Message-ID: <1269967657.3019.16.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, 2010-03-30 at 09:34 +0200, Philippe De Muyter wrote: > Hello Larry, Adding Matthew Garrett to the CC list, since he knows about such things... It could be that hp-wmi doesn't have support for these models yet, or that the dv6-1300sb is simply completely different. But for example, on my Elitebook 2530p, there's a softswitch that pokes BIOS, and when BIOS is softkilled, the onboard wifi becomes hardkilled. To unkill, I need to unblock BIOS, which then either unblocks wifi, or turns the wifi hardkill into a softkill. Convoluted. Dan > On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 06:10:23PM -0500, Larry Finger wrote: > > On 03/29/2010 03:12 PM, Philippe De Muyter wrote: > > > Hello wireless-linux experts, > > > > > > I have installed yesterday the last opensuse 11.3 rc4 on a > > > hp pavilion dv6-1300sb laptop which is has a > > > > > > 02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY [14e4:4315] (rev 01) > > > > > > as wireless chip. > > > > > > I needed to install such a bleeding edge distro because opensuse 11.2 does > > > not have the lp_phy driver yet. > > > > > > with dmesg, I see : > > > > > > [ 21.818415] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/ucode15.fw > > > [ 21.820519] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/lp0initvals15.fw > > > [ 21.823084] b43 ssb0:0: firmware: requesting b43/lp0bsinitvals15.fw > > > [ 21.975380] b43-phy0: Loading firmware version 478.104 (2008-07-01 00:50:23) > > > [ 22.076456] b43-phy0: Radio hardware status changed to DISABLED > > > [ 22.077743] b43-phy0: Radio turned on by software > > > [ 22.077747] b43-phy0: The hardware RF-kill button still turns the radio physically off. Press the button to turn it on. > > > [ 22.078413] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready > > > > > > this is confirmed by rfkill : > > > > > > 0: phy0: Wireless LAN > > > Soft blocked: no > > > Hard blocked: yes > > > > > > BUT, I DON'T SEE A HARDWARE RF-KILL button; I only see a red-lighted wireless > > > symbol, which is also a touch-key; in console mode, when I touch this > > > touch-key I get a message asking me to > > > > > > 'setkey e014 ' > > > > > > I have already seen this symbol being blue-lighted in the first seconds of > > > linux booting, but I don't know what changes this color or if this has > > > an effect on the 'hardware' RF-kill button. In the BIOS there is no option > > > to enable or disable the wireless interface. > > > > > > Any hint ? > > > > > > Thanks already for the good work so far > > > > Is the module hp-wmi loaded? That module is designed to implement all of the > > special keys for HP laptops. > > > > Larry > > No, thanks for the suggestion. Here is the log of my attempt : > > $ modprobe hp-wmi > FATAL: Error inserting hp_wmi (/lib/modules/2.6.33-6-desktop/kernel/drivers/platform/x86/hp-wmi.ko): No such device > > and there is nothing in dmesg. > > If that can help, here is the output of lspci : > > 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07) > 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Graphics Port (rev 07) > 00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03) > 00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03) > 00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03) > 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03) > 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03) > 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03) > 00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03) > 00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03) > 00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 6 (rev 03) > 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03) > 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03) > 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03) > 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03) > 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03) > 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93) > 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller (rev 03) > 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03) > 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03) > 00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) Thermal Subsystem (rev 03) > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M96 [Mobility Radeon HD 4650] > 01:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc RV710/730 > 02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01) > 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02) > 06:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): JMicron Technology Corp. IEEE 1394 Host Controller > 06:00.1 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. SD/MMC Host Controller > 06:00.2 SD Host controller: JMicron Technology Corp. Standard SD Host Controller > 06:00.3 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. MS Host Controller > 06:00.4 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. xD Host Controller > > Philippe > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html