Anthony, yes, bcma is loaded. I think we need kernel team to make
professional decision on how to deal with this kind of confliction.
Personally I like the idea to just blackout the old (or even obsolete)
drivers.

/etc/modprobe.d/nobcma.conf

# Do not load the bcma module on boot
blacklist bcma


On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 12:49 AM, Anthony Wong
<email address hidden>wrote:

> Li, was the bcma module erroneously loaded? Has this bcma conflict
> already been resolved in Precise?
>
> ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
>        Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/914983
>
> Title:
>  [Thinkpad X121e][AMD] Wifi is nonfunctional
>
> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
>   Incomplete
> Status in “linux” source package in Oneiric:
>  New
>
> Bug description:
>  This system is unable to obtain wifi funtionality. Updating to the
>  latest packages and installing the Broadcom driver does not resolve
>  this issue. Rfkill does not show the wireless lan, only bluetooth.
>
>  ProblemType: Bug
>  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
>  Package: linux-image-3.0.0-14-generic 3.0.0-14.23
>  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-14.23-generic 3.0.9
>  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic i686
>  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
>  AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
>  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
>  Architecture: i386
>  ArecordDevices:
>   **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
>   card 1: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: CONEXANT Analog [CONEXANT Analog]
>     Subdevices: 1/1
>     Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
>  AudioDevicesInUse:
>   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
>   /dev/snd/controlC1:  u          1522 F.... pulseaudio
>  CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
>  Card0.Amixer.info:
>   Card hw:0 'Generic'/'HD-Audio Generic at 0x90344000 irq 44'
>     Mixer name : 'ATI R6xx HDMI'
>     Components : 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100200'
>     Controls      : 4
>     Simple ctrls  : 1
>  Card0.Amixer.values:
>   Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
>     Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
>     Playback channels: Mono
>     Mono: Playback [on]
>  Card1.Amixer.info:
>   Card hw:1 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0x90340000 irq 16'
>     Mixer name : 'Conexant CX20590'
>     Components : 'HDA:14f1506e,17aa21ec,00100000'
>     Controls      : 8
>     Simple ctrls  : 5
>  Card29.Amixer.info:
>   Card hw:29 'ThinkPadEC'/'ThinkPad Console Audio Control at EC reg 0x30,
> fw unknown'
>     Mixer name : 'ThinkPad EC (unknown)'
>     Components : ''
>     Controls      : 1
>     Simple ctrls  : 1
>  Card29.Amixer.values:
>   Simple mixer control 'Console',0
>     Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum
>     Playback channels: Mono
>     Mono: Playback [on]
>  Date: Wed Jan 11 14:40:57 2012
>  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=3933dbd8-a348-42c1-a37f-83b5b2db5613
>  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
>  IwConfig:
>   lo        no wireless extensions.
>
>   eth0      no wireless extensions.
>  MachineType: LENOVO 305152U
>  ProcEnviron:
>   PATH=(custom, no user)
>   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
>   SHELL=/bin/bash
>  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-14-generic
> root=UUID=2b67cc6d-c3bb-46e7-a220-76d700837a78 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
>  RelatedPackageVersions:
>   linux-restricted-modules-3.0.0-14-generic N/A
>   linux-backports-modules-3.0.0-14-generic  N/A
>   linux-firmware                            1.60
>  SourcePackage: linux
>  StagingDrivers: rts_pstor
>  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>  dmi.bios.date: 06/20/2011
>  dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
>  dmi.bios.version: 8RET26WW (1.08 )
>  dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
>  dmi.board.name: 305152U
>  dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
>  dmi.board.version: Not Available
>  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
>  dmi.chassis.type: 10
>  dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
>  dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
>  dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr8RET26WW(1.08):bd06/20/2011:svnLENOVO:pn305152U:pvrThinkPad:rvnLENOVO:rn305152U:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
>  dmi.product.name: 305152U
>  dmi.product.version: ThinkPad
>  dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
>
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