Excerpts from Magnus Therning's message of 2010-06-20 00:35:36 +0200:
On 18/06/10 16:09, Philipp Überbacher wrote: [...]
I only read that stuff on their mailinglist and in some kernel log/mail that they're gonna change it to a module load time option in kernel .34. I don't know anything for sure. I don't think it reverts to PIO automatically, and I don't think it will.
I think it does. Since I do get connected long enough to start using the network, even when the DMA-related error message pops up in dmesg.
If you don't necessarily need the b43 driver then the broadcom thing in AUR should work without too much hassle. One of the annoying things with it is that you need to compile it against your kernel, so if you use multiple kernels you're in for fun. Another nuisance is that the wifi identifies itself as eth0 and wired as eth1. b43 is imho better in that respect, eth0 for ethernet and wlan0 for wireless just makes more sense. I also had the broadcom driver sometimes stall my machine for a couple of seconds, usually after boot, which I consider bad behavior.
Yes, I just installed broadcom-wl from AUR, working fine so far. I'll stick to it and move on to the next item of configuration on my laptop: suspend.
So far I always get a blank screen on resume, something I know has been discussed on this list in the passed; I'm off to the archives.
Cheers, M
Hey again. I just upgraded to kernel 2.6.34. I still get: b43-phy0 ERROR: Fatal DMA error: 0x00000400, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000 b43-phy0 ERROR: This device does not support DMA on your system. Please use PIO instead. b43-phy0: Controller RESET (DMA error) ... but now it does fall back to PIO automatically. I'm now online with the wireless for a couple of minutes and it seems to work well so far. I had one disconnect though, and don't know why. It happened at the instant I started IRC and the mail client. Anyway, I'd call it progress. Thought I let you know. -- Regards, Philipp -- "Wir stehen selbst enttäuscht und sehn betroffen / Den Vorhang zu und alle Fragen offen." Bertolt Brecht, Der gute Mensch von Sezuan