On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 04:43:11PM -0500, Patrick Draper wrote:
> Hi, I'm getting the error "Error -110 writing Tx descriptor to BAP"
> on my Thinkpad T30 laptop.
>
> I am using the 2.6.11.11 kernel, with the orinoco driver that comes with
> the kernel. I have also tried this with 2.6.11.7 and 2.6.11.10, with the
> same results.
>
> This happens when I use the wireless connection intensively.
>
> When the driver loads at kernel boot (I have tried both module and built-in
> driver versions) it prints this kernel message:
>
> orinoco 0.13e (David Gibson
> <hermes-xT8FGy+AXnRB3Ne2BGzF6laj5H9X9Tb+@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Pavel Roskin
> <proski
> @gnu.org>, et al)
First thing to try is to use the CVS version of the driver, a heap of
bugs have been fixed since 0.13e. The new version is on its way into
mainline, but it's still in Jeff Garzik's queue for now.
> >From looking at the source code it lookes like the function
> hermes_bap_pwrite is failing somehow. I tried setting the RTS to 250,
> and even lower as David Gibson suggested in the FAQ. I am using WEP,
> but haven't tested for this problem with WEP disabled yet. I'll do it
> tonight.
>
> What can I do to help? Are there any docs on the chips (looks like the
> hfa3841) that I could go look at to help me understand the code?
Not that are freely available.
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