BUG in 2.6.22-rc2-mm1: NIC module b44.c broken (Broadcom 4400)

["Uwe Bugla" <uwe.bugla@gmx.de>]

Hi everybody,

The patch against b44.c contained in 2.6.22-rc2-mm1 has two consequences:

1. a tight binding to module ssb whose function or necessity I neither see through nor do comprehend

2. a breakdown (disfunctionality) of my onboard NIC.

lspci -v looks like this:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 02)
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 80b2
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
	Capabilities: [e4] Vendor Specific Information
	Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 2.0

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE/PE Host-to-AGP Bridge (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 64
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
	I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
	Memory behind bridge: f2000000-f27fffff
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: f3f00000-f7ffffff

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 8089
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
	I/O ports at b800 [size=32]

00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 8089
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 20
	I/O ports at b400 [size=32]

00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 8089
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
	I/O ports at b000 [size=32]

00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 8089
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
	Memory at f1800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
	Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
	Capabilities: [58] Debug port

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 82) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
	Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=32
	Memory behind bridge: f1000000-f17fffff
	Prefetchable memory behind bridge: f2800000-f3efffff

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL (ICH4/ICH4-L) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DB (ICH4) IDE Controller (rev 02) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 8089
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
	I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
	I/O ports at 03f4 [size=1]
	I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
	I/O ports at 0374 [size=1]
	I/O ports at f000 [size=16]
	Memory at 30000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 8089
	Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 19
	I/O ports at e800 [size=32]

00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 80b0
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 19
	I/O ports at a800 [size=256]
	I/O ports at a400 [size=64]
	Memory at f0800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]
	Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
	Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128 PF/PRO AGP 4x TMDS (prog-if 00 [VGA])
	Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Fury Pro/Xpert 2000 Pro
	Flags: bus master, stepping, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 17
	Memory at f4000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
	I/O ports at d800 [size=256]
	Memory at f2000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
	Expansion ROM at f3fe0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
	Capabilities: [50] AGP version 2.0
	Capabilities: [5c] Power Management version 2

02:05.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401 100Base-T (rev 01)
	Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. A7V8X motherboard
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 32, IRQ 255
	Memory at f1000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8K]
	Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2

02:0b.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 11)
	Subsystem: Pinnacle Systems Inc. PCTV Sat (DBC receiver)
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 18
	Memory at f3000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Capabilities: [44] Vital Product Data
	Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2

02:0b.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 11)
	Subsystem: Pinnacle Systems Inc. PCTV Sat (DBC receiver)
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 18
	Memory at f2800000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Capabilities: [44] Vital Product Data
	Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2

Please note:

1. IRQ 255 looks very idiotic, doesn't it? It does not exist at all, does it?

Questions:

1. What is the technical need / progress of module ssb please?

2. If Andrew Morton's guidelines clearly say: "Do test your patches on three different machines" and this guideline seems to be strictly ignored by some sparetime hackers:

What is the master plan then to avoid the fact that such a crap is being sent in to Andrew?

Yours sincerely

Uwe

P. S.: There is an important saying going like this:

Too many cooks do mess up the pap.

Regarding the patch in mm-tree I can see SIX (!) Copyright owners.
The last one of them (i. e. the one of 2007) obviuosly does not seem to understand what he is doing (see that nonsense interrupt please, just incredible!) :(

In so far I would deeply appreciate Andrew Morton to throw that b44.c patch into the trashbox as soon as possible :)

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