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  1. Bug #502433
  2. Comment #16

Comment 16 for bug 502433

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craptree (craptree) wrote :

Same problem here on Dell Mini 9. Not really a regression for me though. This has ALWAYS been a problem with the b43 driver. I use the bcmwl-kernel-souce package (which installs the official STA wireless driver).

Current versions of the b43 have problems communicating with this particular LP-PHY card via DMA. The patch to enable PIO options on boot would be great. Patch can be found here http://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/66372/

With this PIO can be activated with the following boot/modprobe.d command, for people with cards experiencing this problem.
options b43 pio=1

This command does not work at present as the patch is not applied to the Lucid kernel.

Riz