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[Rolf Leggewie <923809@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

quantal has seen the end of its life and is no longer receiving any
updates. Marking the quantal task for this ticket as "Won't Fix".

** Changed in: bcmwl (Ubuntu Quantal)
       Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix

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Title:
  Upgrade bcmwl to version 6.20.55.19 (r300276) or greater

Status in OEM Priority Project:
  Invalid
Status in OEM Priority Project precise series:
  Invalid
Status in OEM Priority Project quantal series:
  Won't Fix
Status in bcmwl package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in bcmwl source package in Precise:
  Fix Released
Status in bcmwl source package in Quantal:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  [Impact]

   * A lot of machines that came out in the past year have a version of wireless that 
     requires this driver. Anyone with these machines will not be able to run Ubuntu 
     presently

   * This is solely a newer driver that requires newer hardware

  [Test Case]

   * Acquire a machine that has one of the affected cards, eg Vostro 470
   * Install Ubuntu 12.04
   * Observe WiFi is non functional

  [Regression Potential]

   * Low, this is an update to a proprietary driver provided by Broadcom
   * This has no impact for machines that don't have Broadcom wireless

  [Original Description]

  New devices are coming out that necessitate a new driver version for
  bcmwl. We would like to get these into 12.04 so that we don't lose
  support for these devices.

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