Bug#664767: Brcmsmac driver woes, possible regression?

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

2012/3/22 Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>:

> I'll compile the latest kernel available from kernel.org this weekend
> and report back as soon as I get useful results.

I just have installed:

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/linux-3.3.tar.bz2

And got another trace

Mar 23 17:50:08 stt300 kernel: [  112.280060] ------------[ cut here
]------------
Mar 23 17:50:08 stt300 kernel: [  112.280123] WARNING: at
drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c:7998
brcms_c_wait_for_tx_completion+0x73/0x7d [brcmsmac]()
Mar 23 17:50:08 stt300 kernel: [  112.280134] Hardware name: Compaq
Mini CQ10-500
Mar 23 17:50:08 stt300 kernel: [  112.280142] Modules linked in:
acpi_cpufreq mperf cpufreq_powersave cpufreq_stats cpufreq_userspace
cpufreq_conservative parport_pc ppdev lp parport binfmt_misc uinput
fuse loop arc4 snd_hda_codec_idt joydev uvcvideo videobuf2_core
videodev media videobuf2_vmalloc videobuf2_memops brcmsmac mac80211
brcmutil cfg80211 crc8 cordic snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep
snd_pcm iTCO_wdt bcma snd_seq snd_timer snd_seq_device hp_wmi
sparse_keymap rfkill psmouse evdev serio_raw pcspkr uhci_hcd snd r8169
i915 soundcore ehci_hcd rts_pstor(C) iTCO_vendor_support mii usbcore
snd_page_alloc i2c_i801 drm_kms_helper usb_common drm i2c_algo_bit
i2c_core ac battery wmi power_supply video processor button reiserfs
sd_mod crc_t10dif ahci libahci thermal thermal_sys libata scsi_mod
Mar 23 17:50:08 stt300 kernel: [  112.280337] Pid: 135, comm:
kworker/u:3 Tainted: G         C   3.3.0 #1
Mar 23 17:50:08 stt300 kernel: [  112.280345] Call Trace:
Mar 23 17:50:08 stt300 kernel: [  112.280367]  [<c102bbee>] ?
warn_slowpath_common+0x68/0x79
Mar 23 17:50:08 stt300 kernel: [  112.280406]  [<f8bdec49>] ?
brcms_c_wait_for_tx_completion+0x73/0x7d [brcmsmac]
Mar 23 17:50:08 stt300 kernel: [  112.280421]  [<c102bc0c>] ?
warn_slowpath_null+0xd/0x10
Mar 23 17:50:08 stt300 kernel: [  112.280459]  [<f8bdec49>] ?
brcms_c_wait_for_tx_completion+0x73/0x7d [brcmsmac]
Mar 23 17:50:08 stt300 kernel: [  112.280491]  [<f8bd6131>] ?
brcms_ops_flush+0x1f/0x29 [brcmsmac]
Mar 23 17:50:08 stt300 kernel: [  112.280539]  [<f8870a84>] ?
__ieee80211_recalc_idle+0x19a/0x1c5 [mac80211]
Mar 23 17:50:08 stt300 kernel: [  112.280556]  [<c1046339>] ?
should_resched+0x5/0x1e
Mar 23 17:50:08 stt300 kernel: [  112.280601]  [<f88715f0>] ?
ieee80211_recalc_idle+0x19/0x36 [mac80211]
Mar 23 17:50:08 stt300 kernel: [  112.280644]  [<f886b477>] ?
ieee80211_sta_connection_lost+0x62/0x77 [mac80211]
Mar 23 17:50:08 stt300 kernel: [  112.280689]  [<f886d9d4>] ?
ieee80211_sta_work+0xc5/0x11f [mac80211]
Mar 23 17:50:08 stt300 kernel: [  112.280704]  [<c103d823>] ?
process_one_work+0x112/0x1fa
Mar 23 17:50:08 stt300 kernel: [  112.280749]  [<f886fd76>] ?
ieee80211_teardown_sdata+0xab/0xab [mac80211]
Mar 23 17:50:08 stt300 kernel: [  112.280763]  [<c103e08c>] ?
worker_thread+0xa9/0x122
Mar 23 17:50:08 stt300 kernel: [  112.280776]  [<c103dfe3>] ?
manage_workers.isra.23+0x13d/0x13d
Mar 23 17:50:08 stt300 kernel: [  112.280789]  [<c1040ab8>] ? kthread+0x68/0x6d
Mar 23 17:50:08 stt300 kernel: [  112.280802]  [<c1040a50>] ?
kthread_freezable_should_stop+0x37/0x37
Mar 23 17:50:08 stt300 kernel: [  112.280816]  [<c12c0b3e>] ?
kernel_thread_helper+0x6/0x10
Mar 23 17:50:08 stt300 kernel: [  112.280825] ---[ end trace
5431285cf30076f2 ]---

Should I install a different kernel?

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón