Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2007 09:38:08 -0800 From: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> To: Kip Macy <kmacy@fsmware.com> Cc: Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Broadcom Wireless card Message-ID: <45CCB180.3090408@errno.com> In-Reply-To: <20070208231833.F15257@demos.bsdclusters.com> References: <E1HEnbC-0000mO-C8@hetzner.co.za> <20070207201342.GA66964@twoflower.idi.ntnu.no> <20070207142711.V6583@demos.bsdclusters.com> <790a9fff0702082129o75e51b0fo8f2ace4cb623a905@mail.gmail.com> <20070208231833.F15257@demos.bsdclusters.com>
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Kip Macy wrote: > > > On Thu, 8 Feb 2007, Scot Hetzel wrote: > >> On 2/7/07, Kip Macy <kmacy@fsmware.com> wrote: >>> >>> I can't comment on the mini-pci version, but NDIS works just fine with >>> the cardbus version. It would be interesting to figure out where ndis is >>> falling short. >>> >>> -Kip >> >> I'm also seeing a kernel panic when trying to load a newer version of >> the Broadcom driver on my HP dv8135nr system. >> >> This driver (for the HP dv8135nr) works: >> >> Broadcom BCM43xx 802.11 Network Adapter Driver (4.40.19.0) >> ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp33001-33500/sp33008.exe >> >> This driver (for the HP dv6110us) causes a kernel page fault with >> non-sleepable locks held: > > > > Thanks for the pointer, the "fpudna in kernel mode" may be the real > issue - it means that floating point is being used which is very > strange. If I can't reproduce, it would be helpful if you would apply > the kgdb patch I'm about to send along and give me an updated backtrace. "fpudna in kernel mode" is a common diagnostic seen with the 64-bit bcm4309 driver on an amd64 laptop (hpnx6125). It never caused any grief that I could tell and may be ok to ignore. Sam
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