Bug 6643

Summary:	samba does not work with bcm43xx and (wl_apsta.o) but does with ndiswrapper
Product:	Drivers	Reporter:	b_koepke
Component:	network-wireless	Assignee:	drivers_network-wireless (drivers_network-wireless)
Status:	CLOSED PATCH_ALREADY_AVAILABLE
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P2
Hardware:	i386
OS:	Linux
Kernel Version:	2.6.17-rc5	Subsystem:
Regression:	---	Bisected commit-id:

Description b_koepke 2006-06-04 12:09:42 UTC

Most recent kernel where this bug did not occur:
Distribution:Gentoo
Hardware Environment:bcm43xx
Software Environment:samba
Problem Description:bcm43xx driver allows me to use all internet related
resources exept samba. I can list hosts specifically with smbclient -L HOSTNAME,
however it prints:
Sharename Type Comment
--------- ---- -------
IPC$ IPC Remote IPC
D$ Disk Default share
ADMIN$ Disk Remote Admin
C$ Disk Default share
SHARE Disk
session request to HOST failed (Called name not present)
session request to HOST failed (Called name not present)

Server Comment
--------- -------

Workgroup Master
--------- ------- 

Other XP laptops also cannot see the samba server I have running. (wl_apsta.o)
The exact same configuration works with ndiswrapper (bcmwl564.sys). (I can mount
smbfs)
Attempting to force mount complains about network not being able to authenticate
with bcm43xx, so this is definetly a kernel driver problem
Steps to reproduce:install samba, install 2.6.17-rc5 kernel and run samba and
attempt to mount a network share.

Comment 1 b_koepke 2006-06-05 16:16:57 UTC

Updating samba to unstable build fixed the problem