update alx Ethernet driver

[Kamal Mostafa]

Update the ubuntu/alx/update.sh import script to fetch from the new "official" QCA git repo URL git://github.com/qca/alx.git and update our driver snapshot to pick up these upstream alx fixes:

  f488842 alx: fix DMA-write-pending issue
  35d67ef alx: fix dead loop for hardware fatal error

Applies to Raring and Quantal.

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. From a terminal window please run:

apport-collect 1154238

and then change the status of the bug to 'Confirmed'.

If, due to the nature of the issue you have encountered, you are unable to run this command, please add a comment stating that fact and change the bug status to 'Confirmed'.

This change has been made by an automated script, maintained by the Ubuntu Kernel Team.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 3.8.0-13.22

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linux (3.8.0-13.22) raring; urgency=low

  [ Andy Whitcroft ]

  * Revert "SAUCE: fireware: add NO_MSI quirks for o2micro controller"

  [ Kamal Mostafa ]

  * SAUCE: alx: use github.com/qca/alx repo
    - LP: #1154238
  * [packaging] do not use ../.$(series)-env file
  * SAUCE: Convert bnx2x firmware files to ihex format

  [ Qualcomm Atheros, Inc ]

  * SAUCE: alx: Update to heads/master
    - LP: #1154238

  [ Seth Forshee ]

  * SAUCE: efivars: Allow disabling use as a pstore backend
  * [Config] Re-enable CONFIG_PSTORE for x86

  [ Tim Gardner ]

  * Drop efivarfs reverts in favor of 3.8.3 stable updates
    Revert "efivarfs: Validate filenames much more aggressively"
    Revert "efivarfs: guid part of filenames are case-insensitive"
  * [Config] CONFIG_I2C_ISMT=m
    - LP: #1011449
  * [Config] CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_DMA=y,CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_DW=m for x86en
    - LP: #1031162
  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #1155680

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * net/sctp: Validate parameter size for SCTP_GET_ASSOC_STATS
    - LP: #1152791
    - CVE-2013-1828
  * mfd: rtsx: Implement driving adjustment to device-dependent callbacks
    - LP: #1153618
  * mfd: rtsx: Support RTS5227
    - LP: #1153618
  * mmc: rtsx: remove driving adjustment
    - LP: #1153618
  * i2c: Adding support for Intel iSMT SMBus 2.0 host controller
    - LP: #1011449
  * i2c: fix i2c-ismt.c printk format warning
    - LP: #1011449
  * serial: quatech: add the other serial identifiers and preliminary
    control code
    - LP: #1031162
  * serial: Remove RM9000 series serial driver.
    - LP: #1031162
  * serial: 8250_pci: remove __devexit usage
    - LP: #1031162
  * serial: 8250: Allow drivers to deliver capabilities
    - LP: #1031162
  * serial: 8250_dw: Don't use UPF_FIXED_TYPE
    - LP: #1031162
  * serial: 8250_dw: Map IO memory
    - LP: #1031162
  * serial: 8250_dw: Move device tree code to separate function
    - LP: #1031162
  * serial: 8250_dw: Set FIFO size dynamically
    - LP: #1031162
  * serial: 8250_dw: Add ACPI 5.0 support
    - LP: #1031162
  * serial: 8250: Add support for dmaengine
    - LP: #1031162
  * serial: 8250_dw: Enable DMA support with ACPI
    - LP: #1031162

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * rebase to v3.8.3
 -- Tim Gardner <email address hidden> Mon, 11 Mar 2013 06:53:51 -0600

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

This bug is awaiting verification that the kernel in -proposed solves the problem. Please test the kernel and update this bug with the results. If the problem is solved, change the tag 'verification-needed' to 'verification-done'.

If verification is not done by one week from today, this fix will be dropped from the source code, and this bug will be closed.

See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you!

[Bernardo Reino (reinob)]

I don't know how to do this, but this bug also affects precise (12.04.02), using linux-lts-quantal kernel.

Is "precise" a project, a distribution, or a tag?

[Kamal Mostafa (kamalmostafa)]

@Bernardo- Since this issue isn't related to the _standard_ Precise kernel, we list this as a bug in Precise. (This fix does appear in the lts-backport-quantal kernel by virtue of it being fixed in the standard Quantal kernel, but we don't need a "Precise bug" to track that).

[Kamal Mostafa (kamalmostafa)]

Correction... I left out a couple of crucial words ...

@Bernardo- Since this issue isn't related to the _standard_ Precise kernel, we WILL NOT list this as a bug in Precise.

[Adam Conrad (adconrad)]

The verification of this Stable Release Update has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regresssions.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 3.5.0-27.46

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linux (3.5.0-27.46) quantal-proposed; urgency=low

  [Steve Conklin]

  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #1159991

  [ Steve Conklin ]

  * Start New Release

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * crypto: user - fix info leaks in report API
    - LP: #1156790, #1156795, #1156799
    - CVE-2013-2546
  * brcmsmac: fix mismatch in number of custom regulatory rules
    - LP: #1156769

  [ Xiangliang Yu ]

  * SAUCE: PCI: define macro for marvell vendor ID
    - LP: #1159863
  * SAUCE: PCI: fix system hang issue of Marvell SATA host controller
    - LP: #1159863

linux (3.5.0-27.45) quantal-proposed; urgency=low

  [Steve Conklin]

  * no change

linux (3.5.0-27.44) quantal-proposed; urgency=low

  [Steve Conklin]

  * no change

linux (3.5.0-27.43) quantal-proposed; urgency=low

  [Steve Conklin]

  * Release Tracking Bug
    - LP: #1156821

  [ Adam Lee ]

  * SAUCE: Bluetooth: Add support for 04ca:2007
    - LP: #1153448

  [ Andy Whitcroft ]

  * [Config] re-disable CONFIG_SOUND_OSS_PRECLAIM
    - LP: #1105230

  [ Brad Figg ]

  * Start new release

  [ Kamal Mostafa ]

  * SAUCE: alx: use github.com/qca/alx repo
    - LP: #1154238

  [ Luis Henriques ]

  * [Config] CONFIG_NFS_V4_1=y
    - LP: #1111416

  [ Qualcomm Atheros, Inc ]

  * SAUCE: alx: Update to heads/master
    - LP: #1154238

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * Revert "drm: Add EDID_QUIRK_FORCE_REDUCED_BLANKING for ASUS VW222S"
    - LP: #1144961
  * genirq: Avoid deadlock in spurious handling
    - LP: #1144961
  * KVM: s390: Handle hosts not supporting s390-virtio.
    - LP: #1144961
  * v4l: Reset subdev v4l2_dev field to NULL if registration fails
    - LP: #1144961
  * powerpc/eeh: Fix crash when adding a device in a slot with DDW
    - LP: #1144961
  * pcmcia/vrc4171: Add missing spinlock init
    - LP: #1144961
  * USB: DWC3: Generate interrupt on each TRB as default option
    - LP: #1144961
  * usb: dwc3: gadget: fix skip LINK_TRB on ISOC
    - LP: #1144961
  * usb: dwc3: gadget: req->queued must be forced to false in cleanup
    - LP: #1144961
  * Purge existing TLB entries in set_pte_at and ptep_set_wrprotect
    - LP: #1144961
  * ARM: PXA3xx: program the CSMSADRCFG register
    - LP: #1144961
  * ab8500-chargalg: Only root should have write permission on sysfs file
    - LP: #1144961
  * USB: option: add and update Alcatel modems
    - LP: #1144961
  * uprobes/powerpc: Add dependency on single step emulation
    - LP: #1144961
  * drivers/video: fsl-diu-fb: fix pixel formats for 24 and 16 bpp
    - LP: #1144961
  * s390/kvm: Fix store status for ACRS/FPRS
    - LP: #1144961
  * staging: comedi: disallow COMEDI_DEVCONFIG on non-board minors
    - LP: #1144961
  * ALSA: usb-audio: fix Roland A-PRO support
    - LP: #1144961
  * x86-32, mm: Rip out x86_32 NUMA remapping code
    - LP: #1144961
  * x86-32, mm: Remove reference to resume_map_numa_kva()
    - LP: #1144961
  * x86-32, mm: Remove reference to alloc_remap()
    - LP: #1144961
  * ALSA: hda - Release assigned pin/cvt at error path of hdmi_pcm_open()
    - LP: #1144961
  * ab8500_btemp: Demote initcall sequence
    - LP: #1144961
  * Driver co...