Bug 16258

Summary:	broadcom-wl on device BCM43228 causes system crash for Wi-Fi use
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Tadej Panjtar <tadej.panjtar>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	José Jorge <lists.jjorge>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:
Severity:	critical
Priority:	Normal	CC:	tmb
Version:	5
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	broadcom-wl-6.30.223.248-2.mga5.nonfree.src.rpm	CVE:
Status comment:

Description Tadej Panjtar 2015-06-30 20:24:56 CEST

Description of problem:
On notebook (MH ProBook 6570b) with Broadcom Wireless device BCM43228. On clean system I launched drakhardware and it suggested to install bunch of packets when I clicked on wireless device. Now crashes with regular use of wireless device.

Dualboot to Mageia 4 it works just fine. It uses:
broadcom-wl-kernel-3.12.13-desktop-2.mga4-6.30.223.141-27.mga4.nonfree
broadcom-wl-common-6.30.223.141-2.mga4.nonfree
broadcom-wl-kernel-desktop-latest-6.30.223.141-27.mga4.nonfree

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

broadcom-wl-6.30.223.248-2.mga5.nonfree

[root@localhost ~]# lsmod |grep wl
wl                   6363477  0
cfg80211              534762  1 wl
[root@localhost ~]# rpm -qa |grep broad
dkms-broadcom-wl-6.30.223.248-2.mga5.nonfree
broadcom-wl-common-6.30.223.248-2.mga5.nonfree

[root@localhost ~]# lspcidrake
wl              : Broadcom Corporation|BCM43228 802.11a/b/g/n [NETWORK_OTHER]

[root@localhost ~]# uname -a
Linux localhost 3.19.8-desktop-3.mga5 #1 SMP Sat Jun 13 17:05:48 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

How reproducible:
Install mageia 5 x64 variant, from DVD or netinstall (over cable).
Install driver for WiFi, drakconnect or network center suggests right driver and if you have alternative network connection it is installed automaticly before use.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. enable broadcom device in network center (net_applet)
2. connect to a router, use all default settings except password o
3. create network traffic, BANG, sistem crashes

I cannot deliver any log because system is frozen after spet 3. I can send picture? It displays a lot of tcp and common to this strings.



Reproducible: 

Steps to Reproduce:

Samuel Verschelde 2015-07-01 13:05:44 CEST

CC: (none) => tmb
Assignee: bugsquad => lists.jjorge

Comment 1 José Jorge 2015-07-02 21:57:44 CEST

Looks like you are less lucky than #15893 which only has warnings. Unfortunately, the answer is the same : you should use the open-source driver b43 if it works with your hardware :

"Unfortunately this is a closed source driver with a big binary than only Broadcom can update to fix Kernel 3.19 compatibility.

Feel free to report Upstream if you find a way to do it..."

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => WONTFIX

Comment 2 Tadej Panjtar 2015-07-04 18:36:51 CEST

Thanks, it works on HP ProBook 6570b just fine with b43 now!

Comment 3 José Jorge 2015-07-27 12:24:01 CEST

Finaly it seems someone from Arch wrote a patch in the binary glue code that fixes also this bug : look at #16390 .

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 16390 ***

Resolution: WONTFIX => DUPLICATE