Hello, I installed a US Robotics MAXg PCI Adapter in a Debian etch machine with a 2.6.17.12 kernel.
grieve:~# lspci -n |grep 4318 00:08.0 0280: 14e4:4318 (rev 02) grieve:~# 00:08.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02) I installed bcm43xx-fwcutter which downloaded the firmware and installed it in /lib/firmware grieve:~# /usr/share/bcm43xx-fwcutter/install_bcm43xx_firmware.sh --16:09:48-- http://svit.epfl.ch/stuff/wl_apsta.o => `wl_apsta.o' Auflösen des Hostnamen »svit.epfl.ch«.... 128.178.192.9 Verbindungsaufbau zu svit.epfl.ch|128.178.192.9|:80... verbunden. HTTP Anforderung gesendet, warte auf Antwort... 200 OK Länge: 652.866 (638K) [text/plain] 100%[==============================================================>] 652.866 123.00K/s ETA 00:00 16:09:54 (121.30 KB/s) - »wl_apsta.o« gespeichert [652866/652866] bcm43xx-fwcutter can cut the firmware out of wl_apsta.o filename : wl_apsta.o version : 3.130.20.0 MD5 : e08665c5c5b66beb9c3b2dd54aa80cb3 extracting bcm43xx_microcode2.fw ... extracting bcm43xx_microcode4.fw ... extracting bcm43xx_microcode5.fw ... extracting bcm43xx_microcode11.fw ... *****: Sorry, it's not possible to extract "bcm43xx_microcode13.fw". *****: Extracting firmware from an old driver is bad. Choose a more recent one. *****: Luckily bcm43xx driver doesn't include microcode11 uploads at the moment. *****: But this can be added in the future... extracting bcm43xx_pcm4.fw ... extracting bcm43xx_pcm5.fw ... extracting bcm43xx_initval01.fw ... extracting bcm43xx_initval02.fw ... extracting bcm43xx_initval03.fw ... extracting bcm43xx_initval04.fw ... extracting bcm43xx_initval05.fw ... extracting bcm43xx_initval06.fw ... extracting bcm43xx_initval07.fw ... extracting bcm43xx_initval08.fw ... extracting bcm43xx_initval09.fw ... extracting bcm43xx_initval10.fw ... grieve:~# Loading the module bcm43xx almost made it working, I can see the WLAN network I want to connect to (unencrypted to start with) grieve:~# iwlist eth1 scanning eth1 Scan completed : Cell 01 - Address: 00:15:0C:8E:F4:34 ESSID:"Herbert" Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg Mode:Master Channel:6 Encryption key:off Bit Rates:54 Mb/s Extra: Rates (Mb/s): 1 2 5.5 6 9 11 12 18 22 24 36 48 54 Quality=100/100 Signal level=-181 dBm Extra: Last beacon: 28ms ago But now it got tough: -> dhcp client timed out grieve:~# dhclient eth1 There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.pid with pid 5477 killed old client process, removed PID file Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.4 Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/ Listening on LPF/eth1/00:14:c1:00:9f:a5 Sending on LPF/eth1/00:14:c1:00:9f:a5 Sending on Socket/fallback DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3 DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5 DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6 DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 10 DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11 DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 20 DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6 No DHCPOFFERS received. No working leases in persistent database - sleeping. grieve:~# -> although the server works well for other devices, I tried to do a manual setup I added to /etc/network/interfaces: iface eth1 inet static address 192.168.2.29 netmask 255.255.255.0 network 192.168.2.0 broadcast 192.168.2.255 gateway 192.168.2.1 but ping timed out grieve:~# ping 192.168.2.1 PING 192.168.2.1 (192.168.2.1): 56 data bytes --- 192.168.2.1 ping statistics --- 5 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss grieve:~# Not sure where to continue to debug here. Any hint is very welcome. I add some information from /var/log/syslog (dumped after modprobe bcm43xx) Oct 1 16:13:31 grieve kernel: bcm43xx driver Oct 1 16:13:31 grieve kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 10 for device 0000:00:08.0 Oct 1 16:13:31 grieve kernel: bcm43xx: Chip ID 0x4318, rev 0x2 Oct 1 16:13:31 grieve kernel: bcm43xx: Number of cores: 4 Oct 1 16:13:31 grieve kernel: bcm43xx: Core 0: ID 0x800, rev 0xd, vendor 0x4243, enabled Oct 1 16:13:31 grieve kernel: bcm43xx: Core 1: ID 0x812, rev 0x9, vendor 0x4243, enabled Oct 1 16:13:31 grieve kernel: bcm43xx: Core 2: ID 0x804, rev 0xc, vendor 0x4243, enabled Oct 1 16:13:31 grieve kernel: bcm43xx: Core 3: ID 0x80d, rev 0x7, vendor 0x4243, enabled Oct 1 16:13:31 grieve kernel: bcm43xx: PHY connected Oct 1 16:13:31 grieve kernel: bcm43xx: Detected PHY: Version: 3, Type 2, Revision 7 Oct 1 16:13:31 grieve kernel: bcm43xx: Detected Radio: ID: 8205017f (Manuf: 17f Ver: 2050 Rev: 8) Oct 1 16:13:31 grieve kernel: bcm43xx: Radio turned off Oct 1 16:13:31 grieve kernel: bcm43xx: Radio turned off Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve ifplugd.agent[6596]: Invoking ifplugd for eth1 Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve ifplugd(eth1)[6606]: ifplugd 0.28 initializing. Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve kernel: bcm43xx: PHY connected Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve kernel: bcm43xx: Radio turned on Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve kernel: bcm43xx: ASSERTION FAILED (radio_attenuation < 10) at: drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_phy.c:1485:bcm4 3xx_find_lopair() Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve kernel: bcm43xx: WARNING: Writing invalid LOpair (low: 48, high: 99, index: 134) Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve kernel: <c8c904b7> bcm43xx_phy_lo_adjust+0x256/0x27a [bcm43xx] <c8c8fdfd> bcm43xx_phy_initb6+0x6d9/0x7f9 [bcm43xx ] Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve kernel: <c8c9105b> bcm43xx_phy_initg+0xf0/0xd56 [bcm43xx] <b0104fe6> do_IRQ+0x1e/0x24 Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve kernel: <b0103592> common_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 <b010bc46> delay_tsc+0xb/0x13 Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve kernel: <b01b2c9d> __delay+0x9/0xa <c8c92dcd> bcm43xx_phy_init+0x64f/0x671 [bcm43xx] Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve kernel: <c8c83a84> bcm43xx_chip_init+0x618/0x8de [bcm43xx] <c8c855f0> bcm43xx_init_board+0x3af/0xada [bcm43xx] Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve kernel: <b01b28b5> vsnprintf+0x41e/0x45b <b021d216> dev_open+0x2b/0x62 Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve kernel: <b021bf8a> dev_change_flags+0x47/0xe6 <b02545f2> devinet_ioctl+0x257/0x564 Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve kernel: <b021409a> sock_ioctl+0x193/0x1b5 <b0213f07> sock_ioctl+0x0/0x1b5 Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve kernel: <b0161e08> do_ioctl+0x1c/0x5d <b0162093> vfs_ioctl+0x24a/0x25c Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve kernel: <b01620ed> sys_ioctl+0x48/0x5f <b0102b4f> syscall_call+0x7/0xb Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve kernel: bcm43xx: ASSERTION FAILED (radio_attenuation < 10) at: drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_phy.c:1485:bcm4 3xx_find_lopair() Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve kernel: bcm43xx: WARNING: Writing invalid LOpair (low: 48, high: 99, index: 134) Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve kernel: <c8c904b7> bcm43xx_phy_lo_adjust+0x256/0x27a [bcm43xx] <c8c91ba4> bcm43xx_phy_initg+0xc39/0xd56 [bcm43xx] Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve kernel: <c8c92dcd> bcm43xx_phy_init+0x64f/0x671 [bcm43xx] <c8c83a84> bcm43xx_chip_init+0x618/0x8de [bcm43xx] Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve kernel: <c8c855f0> bcm43xx_init_board+0x3af/0xada [bcm43xx] <b01b28b5> vsnprintf+0x41e/0x45b Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve kernel: <b021d216> dev_open+0x2b/0x62 <b021bf8a> dev_change_flags+0x47/0xe6 Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve kernel: <b02545f2> devinet_ioctl+0x257/0x564 <b021409a> sock_ioctl+0x193/0x1b5 Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve kernel: <b0213f07> sock_ioctl+0x0/0x1b5 <b0161e08> do_ioctl+0x1c/0x5d Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve kernel: <b0162093> vfs_ioctl+0x24a/0x25c <b01620ed> sys_ioctl+0x48/0x5f Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve kernel: <b0102b4f> syscall_call+0x7/0xb Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve kernel: bcm43xx: ASSERTION FAILED (radio_attenuation < 10) at: drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_phy.c:1485:bcm4 3xx_find_lopair() Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve kernel: bcm43xx: WARNING: Writing invalid LOpair (low: 48, high: 99, index: 134) Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve kernel: <c8c904b7> bcm43xx_phy_lo_adjust+0x256/0x27a [bcm43xx] <c8c8f03f> bcm43xx_phy_init_pctl+0x22d/0x241 [bcm4 3xx] Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve kernel: <c8c91c63> bcm43xx_phy_initg+0xcf8/0xd56 [bcm43xx] <c8c92dcd> bcm43xx_phy_init+0x64f/0x671 [bcm43xx] Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve kernel: <c8c83a84> bcm43xx_chip_init+0x618/0x8de [bcm43xx] <c8c855f0> bcm43xx_init_board+0x3af/0xada [bcm43xx] Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve kernel: <b01b28b5> vsnprintf+0x41e/0x45b <b021d216> dev_open+0x2b/0x62 Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve kernel: <b021bf8a> dev_change_flags+0x47/0xe6 <b02545f2> devinet_ioctl+0x257/0x564 Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve kernel: <b021409a> sock_ioctl+0x193/0x1b5 <b0213f07> sock_ioctl+0x0/0x1b5 Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve kernel: <b0161e08> do_ioctl+0x1c/0x5d <b0162093> vfs_ioctl+0x24a/0x25c Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve kernel: <b01620ed> sys_ioctl+0x48/0x5f <b0102b4f> syscall_call+0x7/0xb Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve kernel: bcm43xx: Chip initialized Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve kernel: bcm43xx: DMA initialized Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve kernel: bcm43xx: 80211 cores initialized Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve kernel: bcm43xx: Keys cleared Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve kernel: bcm43xx: ASSERTION FAILED (radio_attenuation < 10) at: drivers/net/wireless/bcm43xx/bcm43xx_phy.c:1485:bcm4 3xx_find_lopair() Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve kernel: bcm43xx: WARNING: Writing invalid LOpair (low: 48, high: 99, index: 134) Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve kernel: <c8c904b7> bcm43xx_phy_lo_adjust+0x256/0x27a [bcm43xx] <c8c90c8b> bcm43xx_phy_lo_g_measure+0x7b0/0xa90 [b cm43xx] Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve kernel: <c8c93030> bcm43xx_power_saving_ctl_bits+0x48/0x5f [bcm43xx] <c8c82fc8> bcm43xx_periodic_task_handler+0xc e/0x2bd [bcm43xx] Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve kernel: <c8c82efa> bcm43xx_periodic_task_handler+0x0/0x2bd [bcm43xx] <b01241b1> run_timer_softirq+0x10b/0x153 Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve kernel: <b0120a52> __do_softirq+0x58/0xc2 <b0120aea> do_softirq+0x2e/0x32 Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve kernel: <b0104fe6> do_IRQ+0x1e/0x24 <b0103592> common_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve kernel: <b0271cf3> _spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x6/0x7 <c897e6f6> ieee80211softmac_scan+0x33/0xfd [ieee80211softmac] Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve kernel: <b0129593> run_workqueue+0x72/0xaf <c897e6c3> ieee80211softmac_scan+0x0/0xfd [ieee80211softmac] Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve kernel: <b0129d55> worker_thread+0x0/0x107 <b0129e2a> worker_thread+0xd5/0x107 Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve kernel: <b0116f2d> default_wake_function+0x0/0xc <b012c1e6> kthread+0x9f/0xcb Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve kernel: <b012c147> kthread+0x0/0xcb <b0101005> kernel_thread_helper+0x5/0xb Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve ifplugd(eth1)[6606]: Using interface eth1/00:14:C1:00:9F:A5 with driver <bcm43xx> (version: 2.6.17-2-686) Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve ifplugd(eth1)[6606]: Using detection mode: SIOCETHTOOL Oct 1 16:13:32 grieve ifplugd(eth1)[6606]: Initialization complete, link beat not detected. -- Rainer Dorsch [EMAIL PROTECTED]
