Linux 4.2.4 b43 busted and buggy when hostapd loaded

[Jeffrey Merkey]

loading hostapd on 4.2.4 results in the driver crashing and failing to
load the firmware correctly into the device driver.

jeff

WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1703 at drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c:2708
b43_upload_microcode+0x492/0x4e0 [b43]()
Modules linked in: target_core_iblock target_core_file
target_core_pscsi target_core_mod configfs bnx2fc cnic uio fcoe
libfcoe libfc scsi_transport_fc 8021q garp p4_clockmod bridge stp llc
ip_tables ip6t_REJECT nf_reject_ipv6 nf_conntrack_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv6
xt_state nf_conntrack ip6table_filter ip6_tables ipv6 ext2 dm_mirror
dm_region_hash dm_log uinput ppdev parport_pc parport floppy b43 bcma
iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support sg arc4 rt61pci rt2x00mmio crc_itu_t
rt2x00pci rt2x00lib mac80211 cfg80211 rfkill eeprom_93cx6 tg3 ptp
pps_core ssb mmc_core microcode pcspkr snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec
ac97_bus snd_seq snd_seq_device snd_pcm snd_timer snd soundcore
i2c_i801 lpc_ich mfd_core dm_mod(E) ext3(E) jbd(E) mbcache(E)
sr_mod(E) cdrom(E) sd_mod(E) pata_acpi(E) ata_generic(E) ata_piix(E)
i915(E) drm_kms_helper(E) drm(E) i2c_algo_bit(E) i2c_core(E) video(E)
[last unloaded: acpi_cpufreq]
CPU: 0 PID: 1703 Comm: NetworkManager Tainted: G            E   4.2.4 #1
Hardware name: Hewlett-Packard HP d530 CMT(DC577AV)/085Ch, BIOS 786B2
v1.10 05/05/2003
 00000000 c0900387 f85a5804 c044e2c5 c0a7eef8 00000000 000006a7 f85a5804
 00000a94 f8587712 f8587712 0000019a f5babc00 00007c0a 0000ffff c044e31b
 00000009 00000000 f8587712 00000000 00000001 018ea000 18001000 f38ea000
Call Trace:
 [<c0900387>] ? dump_stack+0x3e/0x4f
 [<c044e2c5>] ? warn_slowpath_common+0x95/0xd0
 [<f8587712>] ? b43_upload_microcode+0x492/0x4e0 [b43]
 [<f8587712>] ? b43_upload_microcode+0x492/0x4e0 [b43]
 [<c044e31b>] ? warn_slowpath_null+0x1b/0x20
 [<f8587712>] ? b43_upload_microcode+0x492/0x4e0 [b43]
 [<f9470b32>] ? ssb_pci_switch_core+0x42/0x60 [ssb]
 [<f8587796>] ? b43_chip_init+0x36/0x2c0 [b43]
 [<f85893fb>] ? b43_bus_ssb_read32+0xb/0x10 [b43]
 [<f8590066>] ? b43_gphy_op_prepare_hardware+0x86/0x270 [b43]
 [<f8588643>] ? b43_wireless_core_init+0x143/0x600 [b43]
 [<f8588fbf>] ? b43_op_start+0x19f/0x1c0 [b43]
 [<fa88d3d6>] ? ieee80211_do_open+0x316/0x950 [mac80211]
 [<fa88b634>] ? ieee80211_check_concurrent_iface+0xe4/0x1e0 [mac80211]
 [<c0847efb>] ? __dev_open+0xab/0x120
 [<c0847d2f>] ? __dev_change_flags+0x8f/0x150
 [<c0847e16>] ? dev_change_flags+0x26/0x60
 [<c08582a1>] ? do_setlink+0x201/0x6a0
 [<c065f5e1>] ? nla_parse+0x21/0xf0
 [<c085a414>] ? rtnl_setlink+0xf4/0x130
 [<c0455b22>] ? ns_capable+0x22/0x50
 [<c0858c16>] ? rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x176/0x1e0
 [<c087455f>] ? __netlink_lookup+0x5f/0xa0
 [<c0858aa0>] ? __rtnl_unlock+0x10/0x10
 [<c0874e7e>] ? netlink_rcv_skb+0x7e/0xa0
 [<c0858cb4>] ? rtnetlink_rcv+0x14/0x20
 [<c0874c43>] ? netlink_unicast+0x163/0x1e0
 [<c087556d>] ? netlink_sendmsg+0x2dd/0x360
 [<c083225d>] ? sock_sendmsg+0x3d/0x50
 [<c083406b>] ? ___sys_sendmsg+0x20b/0x220
 [<c0831d90>] ? brioctl_set+0x20/0x20
 [<c083225d>] ? sock_sendmsg+0x3d/0x50
 [<c08334db>] ? SYSC_sendto+0x10b/0x150
 [<c0479637>] ? update_curr+0x237/0x2f0
 [<c08341dc>] ? __sys_sendmsg+0x3c/0x80
 [<c0834231>] ? SyS_sendmsg+0x11/0x20
 [<c083442e>] ? SyS_socketcall+0x12e/0x300
 [<c04da94c>] ? __audit_syscall_entry+0x9c/0x100
 [<c0903b48>] ? sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x12
---[ end trace 183779cb8915969d ]---
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