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[Nico Schlömer <1289857@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Saying "it's not working" "it's slow" is not enough information.

The problem here is that we are dealing with with closed-source
software, so I cannot point to a place in the code that should be
implemented differently. I'm also not capable of running production
tests for counting the kernel oopses per day, or whatever metric the
quality of a driver is measured by. All I can say is that wl oopses more
frequently now than it did before.

My perception is that the old driver used to work better than Broadcom's
newer release, and the same seems to be true for many other people; see
the links in the OP. This is why I opened this bug.

I realize that this isn't much for you to work with. In particular, I
don't expect anyone to track down the bug. This is why I suggest to not
immediately discard old drivers on the arrival of a newer version.


> As well, does using Utopic change anything for you in this issue?

The new driver still accounts for about one wifi outage per hour here.
One OFF-ON on WiFi switch brings it back on.

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Title:
  offer 6.20.155.1 build in trusty

Status in “bcmwl” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  As opposed to open-source software, proprietary software has the USP
  that newer versions are not always better. This seems to be the case
  for the 6.30.223.141 driver which offers considerably worse
  performance for many users than its predecessor 6.20.155.1. This
  assumption is based on the reactions
  <https://plus.google.com/+NickGroenen/posts/HF828QcPK6k> to
  instructions for a "forthport" of 6.20.155.1 to saucy
  <https://zoni.nl/posts/2013/11/09/fixing-the-broadcom-bcm4331
  -wireless-drivers-on-ubuntu-1310/>.

  Please continue to provide older BCM packages in the tree to make it
  easier for users to switch.

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