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[Dennis New <dennisn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

So, after a bit of hacking around, I was able to get my BCM4313 working
with the latest bcmwl-6.30.223.30 and the latest kernel 3.10.0.

I think the main problem that I originally had, and that others
( https://mail.gnome.org/archives/networkmanager-list/2013-February/msg00125.html ) 
started having was due to the bcmwl driver changing to use API=CFG80211 (the current make default) instead of API=WEXT, which I assume it was using before? Well, switching back to WEXT made things work for me.

Getting it to compile with 3.10.0 was an additional tangential hurdle --
the function "create_proc_entry" no longer exists. Perhaps something
like this should do the trick:

--- wl_linux.c  2013-07-31 21:28:10.000000000 -0400
+++ /sloppyhacked/wl_linux.c       2013-07-31 23:18:22.000000000 -0400
@@ -3461,19 +3461,27 @@
        return length;
 }
 
+static const struct file_operations wlp_fops = {
+       .owner = THIS_MODULE,
+       .read = wl_proc_read,
+       .write = wl_proc_write
+};
+
 static int
 wl_reg_proc_entry(wl_info_t *wl)
 {
        char tmp[32];
        sprintf(tmp, "%s%d", HYBRID_PROC, wl->pub->unit);
-       if ((wl->proc_entry = create_proc_entry(tmp, 0644, NULL)) == NULL) {
+       if ((wl->proc_entry = proc_create(tmp, 0644, NULL, &wlp_fops)) == NULL) {
                WL_ERROR(("%s: create_proc_entry %s failed\n", __FUNCTION__, tmp));
                ASSERT(0);
                return -1;
        }
+/*
        wl->proc_entry->read_proc = wl_proc_read;
        wl->proc_entry->write_proc = wl_proc_write;
        wl->proc_entry->data = wl;
+*/
        return 0;
 }
 #ifdef WLOFFLD

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1097519

Title:
  Wrong driver used for older Broadcom chipsets

Status in “bcmwl” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “ubuntu-drivers-common” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  On upgrade to 13.04, the wl.ko, package bcmwl-kernel-source drier is
  selected.

  This driver does not allow the computer to boot and causes great pain in recovery for users, most of which will not be able to get the Ubuntu installation functional
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/1097509

  Instead use the driver brcmsmac, that actually works with BCM4313

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: linux-image-3.7.0-7-generic 3.7.0-7.15
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.7.0-7.15-generic 3.7.0
  Uname: Linux 3.7.0-7-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.7-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: i386
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  foxyboy    1904 F.... pulseaudio
  Date: Tue Jan  8 15:36:51 2013
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=695c8efa-91da-424d-983e-cc08dd01eba3
  MachineType: LENOVO 20040M18
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.7.0-7-generic root=UUID=8b809c57-f15a-464f-a7a9-fafb8abaa715 ro quiet
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-3.7.0-7-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-3.7.0-7-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                           1.99
  SourcePackage: linux
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-01-08 (0 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 08/30/2010
  dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.bios.version: 24CN62WW
  dmi.board.name: Caucasus2
  dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.board.version: Rev 1.0
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Lenovo
  dmi.chassis.version: Rev 1.0
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr24CN62WW:bd08/30/2010:svnLENOVO:pn20040M18:pvrLenovoIdeapadS10-3t:rvnLENOVO:rnCaucasus2:rvrRev1.0:cvnLenovo:ct10:cvrRev1.0:
  dmi.product.name: 20040M18
  dmi.product.version: Lenovo Ideapad S10-3t
  dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

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