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broadcom-sta package

Compiles, but brings on Oops on load with 4.8-rc & 4.8 hwe-16.04

Bug #1629504 reported by Fjodor
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Bug Description

I shall leave it to more Makefile-knowledgeable people to edit the Makefile to make certain that compilation fails on wrong pointer types, but what I saw was kernel Oopses when booting 4.8-rc on 16.04, specifically referencing wl.

Having done some work on another wifi driver that was kind enough to spew compilation errors, it suddenly hit me that I might try these changes, and so far, it works for me on 4.8-rc8.

I don't know which kernel 16.10 is targeting, but consider this a heads-up, and apply at your will.

Best regards,

F

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Fjodor (sune-molgaard) wrote :
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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote :

The attachment "Patch to avoid Oops on 4.8" seems to be a patch. If it isn't, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove the "patch" tag, and if you are a member of the ~ubuntu-reviewers, unsubscribe the team.

[This is an automated message performed by a Launchpad user owned by ~brian-murray, for any issues please contact him.]

tags: added: patch
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in broadcom-sta (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Stephen Czetty (stephenczetty) wrote :

Ran into this issue on yakkity, in broadcom-sta-dkms 7.30.223.271-3. Applying the above patch appears to have corrected the problem, and I have been running stably for 48 hours now.

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Stephen Czetty (stephenczetty) wrote :

Correction, version is 6.30.223.271-3

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Achim Bohnet (allee) wrote :

I'd NULL pointer bugs in wl_* routines in xenial + 4.8 hwe + broadcom-sta 6.30.223.271-3~16.04.1 from xenial proposed.

Applying the patch in #1 fixes them. I've now have wlan with hwe kernel in xenial!!

Achim Bohnet (allee)
summary: - Compiles, but brings on Oops on load with 4.8-rc
+ Compiles, but brings on Oops on load with 4.8-rc & 4.8 hwe-16.04
Achim Bohnet (allee)
tags: added: package-from-proposed
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