http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=617912 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=617912#c20 --- Comment #20 from Philippe De Muyter <phdm@macqel.be> 2010-08-07 16:37:08 UTC --- (In reply to comment #18)
The above statement about the BCM4312 is NOT true. That adapter has been supported by b43 since 2.6.32. The only exception are some netbook system that can fail with 2 possible symptoms: (1) they get DMA failures, or (2) the system freezes on load of ssb. The second problem is the one seen by the OP. It has been fixed in mainline for 2.6.36, and the necessary patches have been backported to kernel 2.6.34.3. As a result, they will soon be in the openSUSE kernel.
That's exactly what I have : sometimes boot works, often boot freezes; when boot works, b43 is usable. Sometimes it falls in DMA error (not directly, only after some work time). Glad to hear that the fixes have been backported to 2.6.34.3. I'd be glad to test them here. can you point me to them ?
The usage of out of kernel drivers should not be recommended unless you understand exactly why they are needed!
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