bcmwl-kernel-source not supported on kernel package linux-headers-5.8.0-7625-generic

[Yusril Hidayat]

I'm currently at 20.04 LTS with 5.8 kernel, the driver doesn't work and my wifi is dissappear. I've tried to reinstall the driver but it doesn't work

[Dmitry Sharshakov (sh7dm)]

Groovy and Hirsute have 6.30.223.271+bdcom-0ubuntu7 version of bcmwl, in which kernel 5.6+ build is fixed. It should be backported to Focal, since Focal has 5.8 kernel now.

[Dmitry Sharshakov (sh7dm)]

Build successful with bcmwl-kernel-source manually downloaded from 20.10 and installed using dpkg. Pop!_OS 20.04, build against both linux-headers-5.8.0-7625-generic and linux-headers-5.4.0-7642-generic.

[Dmitry Sharshakov (sh7dm)]

Btw this package should probably depend on linux-headers, that would simplify control over its compatibility with different kernel versions and this dependency is logical.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[halw (wolfehl)]

Having same issues with wifi after update of Ubuntu 20.04 pushed kernel 5.8. Had to go back to 5.4 kernel to have wifi recognized. Additionally, live usb 20.10 has same issue.