brcmsmac: fix deadlock on missing firmware

When brcm80211 firmware is not installed networking hangs.
A deadlock happens because we call ieee80211_unregister_hw()
from the .start callback of struct ieee80211_ops. When .start
is called we are under rtnl lock and ieee80211_unregister_hw()
tries to take it again.

Function call stack:

dev_change_flags()
	__dev_change_flags()
		__dev_open()
			ASSERT_RTNL() <-- Assert rtnl lock
			ops->ndo_open()

.ndo_open = ieee80211_open,

ieee80211_open()
	ieee80211_do_open()
		drv_start()
			local->ops->start()

.start = brcms_ops_start,

brcms_ops_start()
	brcms_remove()
		ieee80211_unregister_hw()
			rtnl_lock() <-- Here we deadlock

Introduced by:
commit 25b5632fb35ca61b8ae3eee235edcdc2883f7a5e
("brcmsmac: request firmware in .start() callback")

This patch fixes the bug by removing the call to brcms_remove()
and moves the brcms_request_fw() call to the top of the .start
callback to not initiate anything unless firmware is installed.

Signed-off-by: Emil Goode <emilgoode@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

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