Wireless Status LED on Acer TM5320 (Broadcom 43xx chip)

Hello Everybody,

I have installed openSUSE 11.1 (kernel 2.6.27.25-0.1-pae) on Acer TravelMate 5320 which equipped with Broadcom bcm4311 wireless chip, right now its works perfect thru Broadcom 802.11 Linux STA driver, but one small problem status LED not working when radio module is active nor when TX/RX events occurs, only when i switch off (in Network Manager) radio module LED turn on for 3-5 sec and then switch off( and when i reboot shutdown) its lights on.

any suggestions ?

lspci:


00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02)
04:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN (rev 01)
0f:06.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller
0f:06.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCIxx12 OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
0f:06.2 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD)
0f:06.3 SD Host controller: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 SDA Standard Compliant SD Host Controller

lsmod:


Module                  Size  Used by
nf_nat_h323             9260  0 
nf_conntrack_h323      59324  1 nf_nat_h323
nf_nat_pptp             5092  0 
nf_conntrack_pptp      11604  1 nf_nat_pptp
nf_conntrack_proto_gre     6952  1 nf_conntrack_pptp
nf_nat_proto_gre        3408  1 nf_nat_pptp
nf_nat_tftp             1392  0 
nf_conntrack_tftp       5080  1 nf_nat_tftp
nf_nat_sip              6620  0 
nf_conntrack_sip       18232  1 nf_nat_sip
nf_nat_irc              2428  0 
nf_conntrack_irc        6324  1 nf_nat_irc
nf_nat_ftp              3552  0 
nf_conntrack_ftp       13120  1 nf_nat_ftp
iptable_nat             5908  0 
nf_nat                 19544  8 nf_nat_h323,nf_nat_pptp,nf_nat_proto_gre,nf_nat_tftp,nf_nat_sip,nf_nat_irc,nf_nat_ftp,iptable_nat
michael_mic             2240  0 
arc4                    1728  0 
ecb                     2672  0 
crypto_blkcipher       16940  1 ecb
xt_tcpudp               2728  1 
xt_pkttype              1560  3 
ipt_LOG                 5708  8 
xt_limit                2056  8 
xt_physdev              2220  1 
vboxnetadp             79080  0 
vboxnetflt             85848  0 
vboxdrv               120272  1 vboxnetflt
af_packet              16412  0 
sco                     9600  2 
i915                   28016  2 
drm                    74604  3 i915
bridge                 47764  1 
stp                     2248  1 bridge
rfcomm                 34448  8 
bnep                   11548  2 
l2cap                  19828  16 rfcomm,bnep
snd_pcm_oss            43024  0 
snd_mixer_oss          14288  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq                51924  0 
snd_seq_device          7168  1 snd_seq
xt_NOTRACK              1544  2 
ipt_REJECT              2760  3 
xt_state                1904  4 
iptable_raw             2056  1 
iptable_filter          2548  1 
nf_conntrack_netbios_ns     2152  0 
nf_conntrack_ipv4      10480  7 iptable_nat,nf_nat
nf_conntrack           67352  19 nf_nat_h323,nf_conntrack_h323,nf_nat_pptp,nf_conntrack_pptp,nf_conntrack_proto_gre,nf_nat_tftp,nf_conntrack_tftp,nf_nat_sip,nf_conntrack_sip,nf_nat_irc,nf_conntrack_irc,nf_nat_ftp,nf_conntrack_ftp,iptable_nat,nf_nat,xt_NOTRACK,xt_state,nf_conntrack_netbios_ns,nf_conntrack_ipv4
ip_tables              11364  3 iptable_nat,iptable_raw,iptable_filter
ip6_tables             12596  0 
x_tables               14500  11 iptable_nat,xt_tcpudp,xt_pkttype,ipt_LOG,xt_limit,xt_physdev,xt_NOTRACK,ipt_REJECT,xt_state,ip_tables,ip6_tables
fuse                   50604  7 
loop                   14064  0 
dm_mod                 62616  0 
ieee80211_crypt_wep     3600  0 
snd_hda_intel         430392  4 
pcmcia                 32684  0 
hci_usb                10824  0 
acer_wmi               10348  0 
usbhid                 45604  0 
snd_pcm                76904  3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel
uvcvideo               51000  0 
led_class               3896  1 acer_wmi
video                  20308  0 
btusb                  10768  3 
snd_timer              20204  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
nsc_ircc               14988  0 
sdhci_pci               7444  0 
hid                    35568  1 usbhid
compat_ioctl32          1104  1 uvcvideo
yenta_socket           22884  1 
rtc_cmos               10896  0 
snd_page_alloc          8184  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
iTCO_wdt               10016  0 
ohci1394               27656  0 
irda                  112420  1 nsc_ircc
rsrc_nonstatic         10936  1 yenta_socket
videodev               31236  1 uvcvideo
sdhci                  17108  1 sdhci_pci
snd_hwdep               7144  1 snd_hda_intel
rtc_core               17384  1 rtc_cmos
tg3                   114252  0 
output                  2736  1 video
joydev                  8944  0 
tifm_7xx1               6708  0 
i2c_i801               10508  0 
pcspkr                  2344  0 
wmi                     6720  1 acer_wmi
iTCO_vendor_support     3368  1 iTCO_wdt
crc_ccitt               1884  1 irda
container               3636  0 
battery                11176  0 
ac                      4480  0 
intel_agp              24776  1 
libphy                 18976  1 tg3
v4l1_compat            13096  2 uvcvideo,videodev
mmc_core               54968  1 sdhci
snd                    56816  15 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_hwdep
pcmcia_core            33164  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
rtc_lib                 2816  1 rtc_core
serio_raw               5092  0 
ff_memless              7132  1 usbhid
ieee1394               83764  1 ohci1394
tifm_core               7740  1 tifm_7xx1
button                  6568  0 
sr_mod                 13360  0 
cdrom                  32292  1 sr_mod
ieee80211_crypt_tkip     8612  0 
bluetooth              52800  12 sco,rfcomm,bnep,l2cap,hci_usb,btusb
i2c_core               29900  1 i2c_i801
wl                   1272168  0 
soundcore               6660  1 snd
agpgart                32308  3 drm,intel_agp
ieee80211_crypt         5212  3
ieee80211_crypt_wep,ieee80211_crypt_tkip,wl
sg                     29408  0 
sd_mod                 31624  6 
crc_t10dif              1704  1 sd_mod
ehci_hcd               48160  0 
uhci_hcd               23072  0 
usbcore               165892  7 hci_usb,usbhid,uvcvideo,btusb,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
edd                     8616  0 
ext3                  123932  2 
mbcache                 7592  1 ext3
jbd                    52888  1 ext3
fan                     4712  0 
ide_pci_generic         3428  0 
piix                    5868  0 
ide_core               97492  2 ide_pci_generic,piix
ata_generic             4484  0 
ata_piix               16652  0 
ahci                   28476  5 
libata                160940  3 ata_generic,ata_piix,ahci
scsi_mod              149680  4 sr_mod,sg,sd_mod,libata
dock                   11804  1 libata
thermal                19976  0 
processor              43728  2 thermal
thermal_sys            11364  4 video,fan,thermal,processor
hwmon                   2916  1 thermal_sys

peter semisotov wrote:
> Hello Everybody,
>
> I have installed openSUSE 11.1 (kernel 2.6.27.25-0.1-pae) on Acer
> TravelMate 5320 which equipped with Broadcom bcm4311 wireless chip,
> right now its works perfect thru ‘Broadcom 802.11 Linux STA driver’
> (http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php), but one small
> problem status LED not working when radio module is active nor when
> TX/RX events occurs, only when i switch off radio module
> it turn on for 3-5 sec and then switch off( and when i reboot shutdown)
> its lights on.
>
> any suggestions ?

How can we fix a closed-source driver. If you use the open-source
driver b43, I think the LED works correctly. In any case, it will with
11.3.

so you mean i should wait 11.3 and 11.2 does not solve my problems :open_mouth: wow it’s a long term …

peter semisotov wrote:
> lwfinger;2026940 Wrote:
>> How can we fix a closed-source driver. If you use the open-source
>> driver b43, I think the LED works correctly. In any case, it will with
>> 11.3.
>
> so you mean i should wait 11.3 and 11.2 does not solve my problems :open_mouth:
> wow it’s a long term …

That was a typo. I meant 11.2 and you will wait until November, or
install the compat-wireless package now.