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bcmwl package

When compiling the wl module via dkms I get a "return with status 1" then quits on kernel 3.2

Bug #894199 reported by Rocksinboxes
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bcmwl (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

When compiling the wl module via dkms I get a "return with status 1" then quits on kernel 3.2. I also received the same error trying to compiling from the broadcom-sta source from Broadom's site.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: bcmwl-kernel-source (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-1.3-generic 3.2.0-rc2
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-1-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.26-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Nov 23 15:42:15 2011
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: bcmwl
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

Following the same steps, I find this is the cause:

KBUILD_NOPEDANTIC=1 make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build M=`pwd`
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-2-generic'
Wireless Extension is the only possible API for this kernel version
Using Wireless Extension API
  CC [M] /home/developer/Downloads/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.o
/home/developer/Downloads/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:388:2: error: unknown field ‘ndo_set_multicast_list’ specified in initializer
/home/developer/Downloads/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:388:2: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default]
/home/developer/Downloads/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:388:2: warning: (near initialization for ‘wl_netdev_ops.ndo_validate_addr’) [enabled by default]
make[2]: *** [/home/developer/Downloads/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/developer/Downloads] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-2-generic'
make: *** [all] Error 2

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

Although this bug is older, it was not reproduced using official Ubuntu packages. So we can't treat this as the primary bug. Sorry about that...

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 912155, 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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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in bcmwl (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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