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bcmwl-kernel-source not installed : bcmwl kernel module failed to build

Bug #1547224 reported by william on 2016-02-18

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1358966: Broadcom kernel module failed to build [error: macro "alloc_netdev" requires 4 arguments, but only 3 given]. Edit Remove

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Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	bcmwl (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

I do not know - just a deb package...

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: bcmwl-kernel-source 6.30.223.141+bdcom-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-6.21-generic 4.4.1
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-6-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
DKMSKernelVersion: 4.4.0-6-generic
Date: Thu Feb 18 18:23:06 2016
DuplicateSignature: dkms:bcmwl-kernel-source:(not installed):/var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.141+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:1354:64: error: macro "alloc_netdev" requires 4 arguments, but only 3 given
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-02-08 (9 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Alpha amd64 (20160205)
PackageVersion: (not installed)
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1
apt 1.2.3
SourcePackage: bcmwl
Title: bcmwl-kernel-source (not installed): bcmwl kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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william (tree-yellow60) wrote on 2016-02-18:

DKMSBuildLog.txt Edit (2.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (6.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
JournalErrors.txt Edit (76.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2016-02-18

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removed: need-duplicate-check

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote on 2016-02-19:

That's strange. You're running Ubuntu 16.04 but have an old broadcom driver that's from Ubuntu 14.04.

Regardless, the fix is already present in the official bcmwl driver in Ubuntu. So please switch to that, which should be:
bcmwl (6.30.223.248+bdcom-0ubuntu8) xenial; urgency=medium

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Александр (gg-shaman888) wrote on 2017-10-29:

immediately after reinstalling the system did the actions specified in the bug under the link. After the reboot, this bug appeared.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/1728353