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[Alberto Milone <alberto.milone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

SRU request:

[Impact]

 * As a result of this bug, bcmwl-kernel-source will fail to build the
module against linux-generic-lts-raring in Ubuntu 12.04.

[Test Case]

 * Install linux-generic-lts-raring

 * Enable the precise-proposed repository and install bcmwl-kernel-
source (6.20.155.1+bdcom-0ubuntu0.0.2).

 * If the package installs without errors from DKMS, then the patches
work correctly.

[Regression Potential]

 * The patches that I backported from 13.10 will preserve the current
driver behaviour on linux-generic (3.2) and linux-generic-lts-quantal
(3.5), thanks to the use of specific macros in the code which check the
kernel version. As a result, no regressions of any kind can be expected
on these kernels.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1095751

Title:
  bcmwl fails to build with 3.8 kernels [error: ‘struct
  cfg80211_ibss_params’ has no member named ‘channel’]

Status in “bcmwl” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “broadcom-sta” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “bcmwl” source package in Precise:
  In Progress
Status in “broadcom-sta” source package in Precise:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Upcoming 3.8 kernels have broken this DKMS package.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: bcmwl-kernel-source 6.20.155.1+bdcom-0ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-0.1~apw2-generic 3.8.0-rc2
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-0-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.7-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Thu Jan  3 17:59:26 2013
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-11-07 (57 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120627)
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: bcmwl
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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