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[Bug 1095751] Re: bcmwl fails to build with 3.8 kernels [error: ‘struct cfg80211_ibss_params’ has no member named ‘channel’]

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Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 05:50:26 -0000
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This bug was fixed in the package bcmwl - 6.20.155.1+bdcom-0ubuntu0.0.2

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bcmwl (6.20.155.1+bdcom-0ubuntu0.0.2) precise-proposed; urgency=low

  * 0006-add-support-for-linux-3.8.0.patch,
    0007-nl80211-move-scan-API-to-wdev.patch,
    0008-add-support-for-linux-3.9.0.patch,
    0009-add-support-for-linux-3.10.0.patch:
    - Add support for kernels up to 3.11 (LP: #1095751).
 -- Alberto Milone <alberto.milone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>   Mon, 09 Sep 2013 22:07:09 +0200

** Changed in: bcmwl (Ubuntu Precise)
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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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:
  Fix Released
Status in “broadcom-sta” source package in Precise:
  Confirmed

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

  P

  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]

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

   * Install linux-generic-lts-raring

   * If the package installs without errors from DKMS with both the
  linux-generic and lts-raring kernels, 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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