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[Alberto Milone <alberto.milone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Changed in: bcmwl (Ubuntu Trusty)
    Milestone: None => ubuntu-14.04.2

** Description changed:

  SRU request:
  
  [Impact]
  
-  * As a result of this bug, bcmwl-kernel-source will fail to build the
- module against linux-generic-lts-utopic in Ubuntu 14.04.
+  * As a result of this bug, bcmwl-kernel-source will fail to build the
+ module against linux-generic-lts-utopic in Ubuntu 14.04.2.
  
  [Test Case]
  
-  * Enable the precise-proposed repository and install bcmwl-kernel-
- source (6.30.223.248+bdcom-0ubuntu0.1).
+  * Enable the trusty-proposed repository and install bcmwl-kernel-source
+ (6.30.223.248+bdcom-0ubuntu0.1).
  
-  * Install linux-generic-lts-utopic
+  * Install linux-generic-lts-utopic
  
-  * If the package installs without errors from DKMS with both the linux-
+  * If the package installs without errors from DKMS with both the linux-
  generic and linux-generic-lts-utopic kernels, then the patches work
  correctly.
  
  [Regression Potential]
  
-  * The patches that I backported from 15.04 will preserve the current
+  * The patches that I backported from 15.04 will preserve the current
  driver behaviour on linux-generic (3.13) and linux-generic-lts-utopic
  (3.16), 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. As a plus, support for kernels up to 3.18 is also
  included.

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1397028

Title:
  Add support for the backported lts-utopic stack

Status in “bcmwl” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “bcmwl” source package in Trusty:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  SRU request:

  [Impact]

   * As a result of this bug, bcmwl-kernel-source will fail to build the
  module against linux-generic-lts-utopic in Ubuntu 14.04.2.

  [Test Case]

   * Enable the trusty-proposed repository and install bcmwl-kernel-
  source (6.30.223.248+bdcom-0ubuntu0.1).

   * Install linux-generic-lts-utopic

   * If the package installs without errors from DKMS with both the
  linux-generic and linux-generic-lts-utopic kernels, then the patches
  work correctly.

  [Regression Potential]

   * The patches that I backported from 15.04 will preserve the current
  driver behaviour on linux-generic (3.13) and linux-generic-lts-utopic
  (3.16), 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. As a plus, support for kernels up to 3.18
  is also included.

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