broadcom-sta-dkms 6.30.223.271-2: broadcom-sta kernel module failed to build

Bug #1780329 reported by Prashant Patel
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Bug Description

It failed to get my hardware started, But got a proposed driver update and that seems to have started my hardware for the time being.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: broadcom-sta-dkms 6.30.223.271-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-23.25-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-23-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: kpatch_livepatch_Ubuntu_4_15_0_23_25_generic_40 wl
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2
Architecture: amd64
DKMSKernelVersion: 4.15.0-23-generic
Date: Fri Jul 6 02:04:41 2018
DuplicateSignature: dkms:broadcom-sta-dkms:6.30.223.271-2:/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.271/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:2352:2: error: implicit declaration of function ‘init_timer’; did you mean ‘init_timers’? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-07-05 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
PackageArchitecture: all
PackageVersion: 6.30.223.271-2
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.5, python3-minimal, 3.6.5-3
PythonDetails: N/A
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu2
 apt 1.6.2
SourcePackage: broadcom-sta
Title: broadcom-sta-dkms 6.30.223.271-2: broadcom-sta kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Prashant Patel (pkpatel) wrote :
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1757008, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

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