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bcmwl package

bcmwl-kernel-source: dkms module won't compile

Bug #394279 reported by LordKhain
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bcmwl (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
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subrata samanta

Bug Description

Binary package hint: bcmwl-kernel-source

bcmwl-kernel-source won't compile on Karmic alpha2 after today's update; DKMS module build fails for both kernel 2.6.30-8 and 2.6.30-10.

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lp:ubuntu/karmic/bcmwl
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LordKhain (lordkhain) wrote :

The package is bcmwl-kernel-source_5.10.91.9+bdcom-0ubuntu3_i386.deb (1 Jul 2009)

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Anders Kaseorg (andersk) wrote :

  CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/5.10.91.9+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.o
/var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/5.10.91.9+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.c: In function ‘dev_wlc_ioctl’:
/var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/5.10.91.9+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.c:127: error: ‘struct net_device’ has no member named ‘net_do_ioctl’
make[1]: *** [/var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/5.10.91.9+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.o] Error 1

Changed in bcmwl (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Anders Kaseorg (andersk) wrote :

The problem is that 0005-NET_DEVICE_OPS.patch, which was added to fix the build on 2.6.31, also breaks it on <= 2.6.30 due to a typo. Here is a one-line fix.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package bcmwl - 5.10.91.9+bdcom-0ubuntu4

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bcmwl (5.10.91.9+bdcom-0ubuntu4) karmic; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/0005-NET_DEVICE_OPS.patch:
    - Don’t break build for <= 2.6.30. (LP: #394279)

 -- Anders Kaseorg <email address hidden> Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:05:25 -0400

Changed in bcmwl (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
subrata samanta (subrataubuntu)
Changed in bcmwl (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → subrata samanta (subrataubuntu)
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