netdev - Re: b43: BCM 4331: MacBook 8,1: No connection after suspend

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Message-ID: <CACna6rxe7LVOr-nic8z4H38mYH41G5MM2AjECzCFDL+qvxfY+Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sat, 19 Nov 2011 21:14:22 +0100
From:	Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@...il.com>
To:	Nico Schottelius <nico-linux-20111118@...ottelius.org>,
	Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@...il.com>,
	Arend van Spriel <arend@...adcom.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"b43-dev@...ts.infradead.org" <b43-dev@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: b43: BCM 4331: MacBook 8,1: No connection after suspend

2011/11/19 Nico Schottelius <nico-linux-20111118@...ottelius.org>:
> Rafał Miłecki [Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 12:08:51AM +0100]:
>> > In brcmsmac we reprogram the PCI BAR windows upon resume. Not sure if
>> > that is done or needed in bcma, but may be worth checking.
>>
>> Good point.
>>
>> Please reload b43 *and bcma*. Both drivers. Share your results.
>
> Well, 100 points for you!
>
> rmmod of b43 and bcma and modprobe of b43 afterwards restores
> the ability to connect!

Great! :)


> Btw, I've found another issue: The signal level seems to be set
> to 0 for all networks, thus wpa_supplicant does not select the
> best network (Follow the white rabbit! in my case). Thus
> I've used "select_network 9" to force connection to the right
> networt.

Sorry, you're probably missing two important patches:
b43: fill ctl1 word on all newer PHYs, fix PHY errors
b43: HT-PHY: report signal to mac80211
I believe both will appear in 3.2-rc3.

-- 
Rafał
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