[skge.c] [BUG kernel 3.11] recent commits render ethernet broken/reverting fixes

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Bug: Linux kernel v3.11.0 for my 10-year-old machine (Asus A7N8X-E
Deluxe) gives me a partially functional network.  I am running Arch
Linux i686.  I do not see anything obvious in the dmesg output to
indicate that a problem exists.  I am happy to supply any additional
info to help you further diagnose this issue.

Attachments:
*dmesg
*proposed patch to fix problem

Bug fix: Reverting the last 3 commits against
drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/skge.c which is contained in the attached
patch fixes the issue.  I do not know which of the 3 caused the
problem; I am not a programmer/developer.

More info: in the bug state (i.e. using the unmodified 3.11 source):

What works:
*Netctl successfully bring up the interface
*I can ping internal IP addresses
*I can resolve domain names; wget can start a download from the AUR
(aur.archlinux.org gets resolved to a numerical IP but the download
never starts).

What doesn't work:
*I cannot ping external addresses (names or numerical)
*I cannot ssh out or into the box
*I cannot receive data via wget which just hangs indefinitely.