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Message-ID: <53FCA001.6090404@broadcom.com> Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 16:56:01 +0200 From: Arend van Spriel <arend@...adcom.com> To: Michael Tokarev <mjt@....msk.ru> CC: <brcm80211-dev-list@...adcom.com>, <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: BCM4313 & brcmsmac & 3.12: only semi-working? On 08/26/14 07:13, Michael Tokarev wrote: > [Adding netdev@ to the mix. > Original thread, started at Dec-2013, can be found at > http://marc.info/?t=138817851800006&r=1&w=2 or > http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-wireless/msg116502.html > ] > > 19.04.2014 15:42, Michael Tokarev wrote: >> [big skip] >> >> >> Tried kernel 3.14 with this device. Still no go, the brcmsmac driver still >> does not work correctly, it stalls as before. > > Today I tried 3.16 kernel today too, just for fun (since this whole brcmsmac > thing looks not more like a non-working toy). Now with another laptop and > the same broadcom wifi adaptor (BRCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter > rev 01) (because due to cracked usb port on my original notebook it does not > work anymore). > > This combination (kernel& wifi) does not work at all. Or, it is more jokish > than before -- the NIC works for ARP packets but nothing else, not even ping > or DNS or NTP. I see the access point sending replies (to pings or dns), but > these replies are not shown by tcpdump on the laptop. Even not all ARP packets > sent by the AP reaches the laptop. > > So, I'm curious -- why this driver is found in regular section of kernel? > It looks like it should be in staging at least, or better yet, in a new section > titled "toy drivers" or something like this. Does it work for any device at > all? Hi Michael, Thanks for your encouraging suggestions. I revisited the threads you referred to. In the boardflags it shows you have a bt+wifi card. It could be that is an issue. The brcmsmac supports other devices, ie. bcm43224/5 and the bcm4313 comes in a number of varieties. From what you tell here it seems you have trouble in rx path so I will look into that area if there is any specifically done for your variant of the bcm4313. Regards, Arend > Thanks, > > /mjt -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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