Comment 30 for bug 1156138

I've done a lot of work trying to get the patch to work, including trying to resolve the subsequent problem where the wl.ko module builds but fails to load because rcu_read_unlock_special cannot be used on the current 3.8.0-30-lowlatency kernel. This issue is reported in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lowlatency/+bug/1154036.

Exasperated after digging around and finding far more knowledgeable people than me were stumped, I gave up. I edited my local copy of 0001-MODULE_LICENSE.patch to replace the string "Mixed/Proprietary" with "GPL". The broadcom wireless driver is now working on my system.

I look forward to removing the kludge as soon as this bug is fixed properly.