chip id 4318 regression: WARN_ON_ONCE(sdata->vif.hw_queue[i] >= n_queues))

Andre Heider a.heider at gmail.com
Fri Jun 8 11:25:00 EDT 2012


On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 5:16 PM, Johannes Berg <johannes at sipsolutions.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 2012-06-08 at 17:14 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:
>> On Fri, 2012-06-08 at 17:04 +0200, Andre Heider wrote:
>>
>> > >> > http://p.sipsolutions.net/854d460da251f9d6.txt
>> > >>
>> > >> Sorry, still not loading any firmware.
>> > >
>> > > So you're going to have to tell me what happens :-)
>> >
>> > Well, nothing ;)
>> >
>> > I just see this in dmesg:
>> >
>> > [    1.012107] b43-sdio mmc1:0001:1: Chip ID 14e4:4318
>> > [    1.018765] ssb: Found chip with id 0x4318, rev 0x02 and package 0x02
>> > [    1.096506] ssb: chipcommon status is 0x0
>> > [    1.105314] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4318 WLAN found (core revision 9)
>> >
>> > Hence the device doesn't get up and there's no way for me to interact
>> > with the system.
>>
>> Ok, well, bugger :-)
>>
>> Can you go to main.c and print out the return value of
>> ieee80211_register_hw()? I have a feeling that's where the failure is
>> though I don't really know why.
>
> No, wait, I do know why. Sorry!
>
> Try this new version of the patch:
> http://p.sipsolutions.net/3f75b09af68fd455.txt
>
> If my hunch is right then we need to figure out how to not allow
> off-channel or something.

Now we do have a firmware, but still no working device ;)

[    0.553905] b43-sdio mmc1:0001:1: Chip ID 14e4:4318
[    0.561166] ssb: Found chip with id 0x4318, rev 0x02 and package 0x02
[    0.568378] ssb: Core 0 found: ChipCommon (cc 0x800, rev 0x0D, vendor 0x4243)
[    0.582703] ssb: Core 1 found: IEEE 802.11 (cc 0x812, rev 0x09,
vendor 0x4243)
[    0.597831] ssb: Core 2 found: PCI (cc 0x804, rev 0x0C, vendor 0x4243)
[    0.613445] ssb: Core 3 found: PCMCIA (cc 0x80D, rev 0x07, vendor 0x4243)
[    0.629924] ssb: chipcommon status is 0x0
[    0.638689] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4318 WLAN found (core revision 9)
[    0.651588] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p2): mounted filesystem with ordered
data mode. Opts: (null)
[    0.668126] VFS: Mounted root (ext4 filesystem) readonly on device 179:2.
[    0.688275] devtmpfs: mounted
[    0.698550] b43-phy0 debug: Found PHY: Analog 3, Type 2, Revision 7
[    0.709359] Freeing unused kernel memory: 148k freed
[    0.719464] b43-phy0 debug: Found Radio: Manuf 0x17F, Version
0x2050, Revision 8
[    0.775832] ssb: Sonics Silicon Backplane found on SDIO device mmc1:0001:1
<30>[    1.691732] udevd[110]: starting version 175
[    3.438357] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht'
[    4.274918] Adding 152552k swap on /dev/mmcblk0p3.  Priority:-1
extents:1 across:152552k SS
[    4.402116] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p2): re-mounted. Opts: (null)
[    4.813161] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p2): re-mounted. Opts: discard,errors=remount-ro
[    8.880236] b43-phy0: Loading OpenSource firmware version 410.31754
[    8.897893] b43-phy0: Hardware crypto acceleration not supported by firmware
[    8.915844] b43-phy0: QoS not supported by firmware
[    9.292779] b43-phy0 debug: Chip initialized
[    9.312654] b43-phy0 debug: PIO initialized
[    9.323317] b43-phy0 debug: QoS disabled
[    9.512150] b43-phy0 debug: Wireless interface started
[    9.654251] b43-phy0 debug: Adding Interface type 2
[   11.371154] b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
[   11.811166] b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
[   12.235095] b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
[   12.639094] b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
[   13.043095] b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
[   13.447165] b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
[   13.851095] b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
[   14.255095] b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
[   14.655095] b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
[   15.055095] b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
[   16.383095] net_ratelimit: 2 callbacks suppressed
[   16.389679] b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
[   16.859094] b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
[   17.207095] b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
[   17.535095] b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
[   21.863095] b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
[   22.191095] b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
[   22.527096] b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
[   22.919095] b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
[   23.319095] b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
[   23.719094] b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
[   24.119094] b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
[   24.519095] b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
[   24.919095] b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
[   25.267095] b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
[   27.207095] net_ratelimit: 4 callbacks suppressed
[   27.210643] b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
[   27.675094] b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
[   28.139094] b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
[   28.607095] b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
[   28.951095] b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
[   29.275094] b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
[   33.615095] b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
[   33.939095] b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
[   34.275095] b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
[   34.663095] b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
[   35.059095] b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
[   35.455095] b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
[   35.851095] b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
[   36.247095] b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
[   36.643095] b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
[   37.039095] b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
[   39.087095] net_ratelimit: 4 callbacks suppressed
[   39.089274] b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
[   39.555111] b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
[   40.023095] b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
[   40.367094] b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
[   40.691159] b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
[   40.868103] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware watchdog: The firmware died!
[   40.870979] b43-phy0: Controller RESET (Firmware watchdog) ...
[   41.195093] b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
[   41.198361] b43-phy0 debug: Wireless interface stopped
[   42.204236] b43-phy0: Loading OpenSource firmware version 410.31754
[   42.208043] b43-phy0: Hardware crypto acceleration not supported by firmware
[   42.215386] b43-phy0: QoS not supported by firmware
[   42.588772] b43-phy0 debug: Chip initialized
[   42.603881] b43-phy0 debug: PIO initialized
[   42.610060] b43-phy0 debug: QoS disabled
[   42.794869] b43-phy0 debug: Wireless interface started
[   42.818522] b43-phy0: Controller restarted
[   45.107095] b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed
[   45.507095] b43-phy0 ERROR: MAC suspend failed

I let it retry the load/die cycle >5 times, seems to repeat endlessly.



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