Package: broadcom-sta-dkms Version: 6.20.55.19 Hello,
My newish Dell Inspiron 15R 5520 shipped with ubuntu installed, and had this (apparently unreleased?) version of broadcom-sta-dkms, for the bcm43142 (Dell hybrid wifi/bluetooth adapter / 14e4:4365) # lspci -nn | tail -1 08:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation Device [14e4:4365] (rev 01) # dmesg | grep BCM eth0: Broadcom BCM4365 802.11 Hybrid Wireless Controller 6.20.55.19 (r300276) Someone (owner of Vostro 3460 laptop with the same card) kindly uploaded the original debs, at http://wielki.tk/vostro/ The driver in question: http://wielki.tk/vostro/debs/wireless-bcm43142-oneiric-dkms_6.20.55.19~bdcom0602.0400.1000.0400-0somerville1_amd64.deb But it had at least two main issues that needed fixing: 1. Failed to compile on kernel 3.2.x. Solution: One-line change of the call 'ndo_set_multicast_list' to 'ndo_set_rx_mode', in wl_linux.c 2. Failed to compile on Kernel 3.4.x. Like broadcom-sta/5.100.82.112-7 , this version also suffered issue with missing asm/system.h on 3.4.x (see bug #677193). Fixed in the same manner as that proposed in said bug. (Updated md5sum of wl_linux.c, per changes 1 & 2 above) 3. Removed "oneiric" (reference to Ubuntu 11.10) from package name, and all directory & path-names everywhere in the package contents, as it is no longer ubuntu/oneiric-specific. Updated deb: http://jas.gemnetworks.com/debian/wireless-bcm43142-dkms-6.20.55.19_amd64.deb Also tested on linux 3.5.0-4.dmz.1-liquorix-amd64, and it works for me Now, given a power regression in kernel 3.5, I was eager to test drive 3.6-rc6, and found rc7 out already! So yesterday I installed linux 3.6-rc7.towo.1-siduction-amd64, the "wl" module compiles and installs, and loads okay upon boot to 3.6-rc7. However, I'm unable to associate to my AP: Pointers in syslog Sep 25 21:34:10 terra wpa_supplicant[2787]: nl80211: 'nl80211' generic netlink not found Sep 25 21:34:10 terra wpa_supplicant[2787]: Failed to initialize driver 'nl80211' [..snip] Sep 25 21:34:31 terra wpa_supplicant[2787]: eth2: Trying to associate with 00:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx (SSID='xxxxxxx' freq=2452 MHz) Sep 25 21:34:31 terra wpa_supplicant[2787]: eth2: Association request to the driver failed As bcm43142 is fairly new, this proprietary driver is all that's there to support it. Sad face. Cheers, Jasmine -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
