Public bug reported:

I have a HP Pavilion dv9000 series laptop (dv9645ed) and i have the
following issue:

When I start the laptop, the b43 wireless card works fine, it connects
to the networks and I have internet.

But when I take out the power cord, i.e. I move to another room with my laptop, 
the wifi card stops working.
The led starts flashing blue and orange very quickly and my messages log file 
starts filling up with the following messages (note this is 100% repeatable for 
me):

Feb  1 19:54:33 bm-laptop1 kernel: [  209.829760] b43-phy0: Controller RESET 
(DMA error) ...
Feb  1 19:54:33 bm-laptop1 kernel: [  210.081365] b43-phy0: Loading firmware 
version 410.2160 (2007-05-26 15:32:10)
Feb  1 19:54:33 bm-laptop1 kernel: [  210.185200] Registered led device: 
b43-phy0::tx
Feb  1 19:54:33 bm-laptop1 kernel: [  210.191362] Registered led device: 
b43-phy0::rx
Feb  1 19:54:33 bm-laptop1 kernel: [  210.191475] Registered led device: 
b43-phy0::radio
Feb  1 19:54:33 bm-laptop1 kernel: [  210.191535] b43-phy0: Controller restarted
Feb  1 19:54:33 bm-laptop1 kernel: [  210.191583] b43-phy0: Controller RESET 
(DMA error) ...
Feb  1 19:54:33 bm-laptop1 kernel: [  210.459015] b43-phy0: Loading firmware 
version 410.2160 (2007-05-26 15:32:10)
Feb  1 19:54:33 bm-laptop1 kernel: [  210.572759] Registered led device: 
b43-phy0::tx
Feb  1 19:54:33 bm-laptop1 kernel: [  210.576014] Registered led device: 
b43-phy0::rx
Feb  1 19:54:33 bm-laptop1 kernel: [  210.579845] Registered led device: 
b43-phy0::radio
Feb  1 19:54:33 bm-laptop1 kernel: [  210.579960] b43-phy0: Controller RESET 
(DMA error) ...
Feb  1 19:54:33 bm-laptop1 kernel: [  210.579969] b43-phy0: Controller restarted
Feb  1 19:54:34 bm-laptop1 kernel: [  210.846588] b43-phy0: Loading firmware 
version 410.2160 (2007-05-26 15:32:10)
Feb  1 19:54:34 bm-laptop1 kernel: [  210.942289] Registered led device: 
b43-phy0::tx
Feb  1 19:54:34 bm-laptop1 kernel: [  210.944893] Registered led device: 
b43-phy0::rx
Feb  1 19:54:34 bm-laptop1 kernel: [  210.947485] Registered led device: 
b43-phy0::radio
Feb  1 19:54:34 bm-laptop1 kernel: [  210.947601] b43-phy0: Controller RESET 
(DMA error) ...
Feb  1 19:54:34 bm-laptop1 kernel: [  211.224240] b43-phy0: Loading firmware 
version 410.2160 (2007-05-26 15:32:10)
Feb  1 19:54:34 bm-laptop1 kernel: [  211.318165] Registered led device: 
b43-phy0::tx
Feb  1 19:54:34 bm-laptop1 kernel: [  211.320777] Registered led device: 
b43-phy0::rx
Feb  1 19:54:34 bm-laptop1 kernel: [  211.323352] Registered led device: 
b43-phy0::radio
Feb  1 19:54:34 bm-laptop1 kernel: [  211.582008] b43-phy0: Loading firmware 
version 410.2160 (2007-05-26 15:32:10)
Feb  1 19:54:34 bm-laptop1 kernel: [  211.685807] Registered led device: 
b43-phy0::tx
Feb  1 19:54:34 bm-laptop1 kernel: [  211.688373] Registered led device: 
b43-phy0::rx
Feb  1 19:54:34 bm-laptop1 kernel: [  211.690961] Registered led device: 
b43-phy0::radio
Feb  1 19:54:35 bm-laptop1 kernel: [  211.972048] b43-phy0: Loading firmware 
version 410.2160 (2007-05-26 15:32:10)
Feb  1 19:54:35 bm-laptop1 kernel: [  212.068959] Registered led device: 
b43-phy0::tx
Feb  1 19:54:35 bm-laptop1 kernel: [  212.069018] Registered led device: 
b43-phy0::rx
Feb  1 19:54:35 bm-laptop1 kernel: [  212.069074] Registered led device: 
b43-phy0::radio
Feb  1 19:54:35 bm-laptop1 kernel: [  212.317420] b43-phy0: Loading firmware 
version 410.2160 (2007-05-26 15:32:10)
Feb  1 19:54:35 bm-laptop1 kernel: [  212.417723] Registered led device: 
b43-phy0::tx
Feb  1 19:54:35 bm-laptop1 kernel: [  212.421633] Registered led device: 
b43-phy0::rx
Feb  1 19:54:35 bm-laptop1 kernel: [  212.422054] Registered led device: 
b43-phy0::radio
Feb  1 19:54:35 bm-laptop1 kernel: [  212.705023] b43-phy0: Loading firmware 
version 410.2160 (2007-05-26 15:32:10)
Feb  1 19:54:35 bm-laptop1 kernel: [  212.808761] Registered led device: 
b43-phy0::tx
Feb  1 19:54:35 bm-laptop1 kernel: [  212.811544] Registered led device: 
b43-phy0::rx
Feb  1 19:54:36 bm-laptop1 kernel: [  212.815869] Registered led device: 
b43-phy0::radio
Feb  1 19:54:36 bm-laptop1 kernel: [  213.097255] b43-phy0: Loading firmware 
version 410.2160 (2007-05-26 15:32:10)
Feb  1 19:54:36 bm-laptop1 kernel: [  213.185529] Registered led device: 
b43-phy0::tx
Feb  1 19:54:36 bm-laptop1 kernel: [  213.188567] Registered led device: 
b43-phy0::rx
Feb  1 19:54:36 bm-laptop1 kernel: [  213.189743] Registered led device: 
b43-phy0::radio
Feb  1 19:54:36 bm-laptop1 kernel: [  213.450452] b43-phy0: Loading firmware 
version 410.2160 (2007-05-26 15:32:10)
Feb  1 19:54:36 bm-laptop1 kernel: [  213.550895] Registered led device: 
b43-phy0::tx
Feb  1 19:54:36 bm-laptop1 kernel: [  213.550956] Registered led device: 
b43-phy0::rx
Feb  1 19:54:36 bm-laptop1 kernel: [  213.551010] Registered led device: 
b43-phy0::radio
Feb  1 19:54:36 bm-laptop1 kernel: [  213.798200] b43-phy0: Loading firmware 
version 410.2160 (2007-05-26 15:32:10)
Feb  1 19:54:37 bm-laptop1 kernel: [  213.901987] Registered led device: 
b43-phy0::tx
Feb  1 19:54:37 bm-laptop1 kernel: [  213.903721] Registered led device: 
b43-phy0::rx
Feb  1 19:54:37 bm-laptop1 kernel: [  213.905696] Registered led device: 
b43-phy0::radio

etc. etc.

===================
uname -a:

Linux bm-laptop1 2.6.27-11-generic #1 SMP Thu Jan 29 19:28:32 UTC 2009
x86_64 GNU/Linux

lsb_release -a:
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 8.10
Release:        8.10
Codename:       intrepid

and see file for lspci output.

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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