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bcmwl-kernel-source 6.30.223.271+bdcom-0ubuntu5: bcmwl kernel module failed to build

Bug #1906745 reported by Scott Stensland on 2020-12-04

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1872908: bcmwl kernel module does not build with kernel version 5.6 or 5.8. Edit Remove

This bug affects 3 people

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

Bug Description

apt-get upgrade caused crash of wireless bcmwl

afterwards my wifi fails to work

before updates had

x86_64
5.4.0-57-generic
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=20.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=focal
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS"

apt-get upgrade

The following NEW packages will be installed:
  linux-headers-5.8.0-32-generic linux-hwe-5.8-headers-5.8.0-32 linux-image-5.8.0-32-generic linux-modules-5.8.0-32-generic
  linux-modules-extra-5.8.0-32-generic
The following packages will be upgraded:
  linux-generic-hwe-20.04 linux-headers-generic-hwe-20.04 linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04 wireless-regdb

Setting up linux-modules-5.8.0-32-generic (5.8.0-32.34~20.04.1) ...
Setting up linux-hwe-5.8-headers-5.8.0-32 (5.8.0-32.34~20.04.1) ...
Setting up linux-headers-5.8.0-32-generic (5.8.0-32.34~20.04.1) ...
/etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms:
* dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 5.8.0-32-generic

Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel. Skipping...
applying patch 0002-Makefile.patch...patching file Makefile
Hunk #1 succeeded at 113 with fuzz 1.
Hunk #2 succeeded at 132 with fuzz 2 (offset 1 line).

applying patch 0003-Make-up-for-missing-init_MUTEX.patch...patching file src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c
Hunk #1 succeeded at 111 with fuzz 2 (offset 12 lines).

applying patch 0010-change-the-network-interface-name-from-eth-to-wlan.patch...patching file src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c
Hunk #1 succeeded at 221 (offset -14 lines).

applying patch 0013-gcc.patch...patching file Makefile

applying patch 0019-broadcom-sta-6.30.223.248-3.18-null-pointer-fix.patch...patching file src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c
Hunk #1 succeeded at 2169 (offset 12 lines).

applying patch 0020-add-support-for-linux-4.3.patch...patching file src/shared/linux_osl.c

applying patch 0021-add-support-for-Linux-4.7.patch...patching file src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c

applying patch 0022-add-support-for-Linux-4.8.patch...patching file src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c
Hunk #1 succeeded at 2391 (offset 3 lines).
Hunk #2 succeeded at 2501 (offset 3 lines).
Hunk #3 succeeded at 2933 (offset 9 lines).

applying patch 0023-add-support-for-Linux-4.11.patch...patching file src/include/linuxver.h
patching file src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c
Hunk #1 succeeded at 2919 (offset 4 lines).

applying patch 0024-add-support-for-Linux-4.12.patch...patching file src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c
Hunk #1 succeeded at 55 (offset 5 lines).
Hunk #2 succeeded at 472 (offset 5 lines).
Hunk #3 succeeded at 2371 (offset 5 lines).
Hunk #4 succeeded at 2388 (offset 5 lines).

applying patch 0025-add-support-for-Linux-4.14.patch...patching file src/shared/linux_osl.c
Hunk #1 succeeded at 1080 (offset 4 lines).

applying patch 0026-add-support-for-Linux-4.15.patch...patching file src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c
Hunk #2 succeeded at 2306 (offset 4 lines).
Hunk #3 succeeded at 2368 (offset 4 lines).

applying patch 0027-add-support-for-linux-5.1.patch...patching file src/include/linuxver.h
Hunk #1 succeeded at 595 (offset 4 lines).

Building module:
cleaning build area...
make -j8 KERNELRELEASE=5.8.0-32-generic -C /lib/modules/5.8.0-32-generic/build M=/var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build...(bad exit status: 2)
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 5.8.0-32-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/make.log for more information.
...done.
Setting up linux-image-5.8.0-32-generic (5.8.0-32.34~20.04.1) ...
I: /boot/vmlinuz.old is now a symlink to vmlinuz-5.4.0-57-generic
I: /boot/initrd.img.old is now a symlink to initrd.img-5.4.0-57-generic
I: /boot/vmlinuz is now a symlink to vmlinuz-5.8.0-32-generic
I: /boot/initrd.img is now a symlink to initrd.img-5.8.0-32-generic
Setting up linux-headers-generic-hwe-20.04 (5.8.0.32.34~20.04.19) ...
Setting up linux-modules-extra-5.8.0-32-generic (5.8.0-32.34~20.04.1) ...
Setting up linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04 (5.8.0.32.34~20.04.19) ...
Setting up linux-generic-hwe-20.04 (5.8.0.32.34~20.04.19) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.1-1) ...
Processing triggers for linux-image-5.8.0-32-generic (5.8.0-32.34~20.04.1) ...
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms:
* dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 5.8.0-32-generic

applying patch 0003-Make-up-for-missing-init_MUTEX.patch...patching file src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c
Hunk #1 succeeded at 111 with fuzz 2 (offset 12 lines).

applying patch 0010-change-the-network-interface-name-from-eth-to-wlan.patch...patching file src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c
Hunk #1 succeeded at 221 (offset -14 lines).

applying patch 0013-gcc.patch...patching file Makefile

applying patch 0019-broadcom-sta-6.30.223.248-3.18-null-pointer-fix.patch...patching file src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c
Hunk #1 succeeded at 2169 (offset 12 lines).

applying patch 0020-add-support-for-linux-4.3.patch...patching file src/shared/linux_osl.c

applying patch 0021-add-support-for-Linux-4.7.patch...patching file src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c

applying patch 0023-add-support-for-Linux-4.11.patch...patching file src/include/linuxver.h
patching file src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c
Hunk #1 succeeded at 2919 (offset 4 lines).

applying patch 0025-add-support-for-Linux-4.14.patch...patching file src/shared/linux_osl.c
Hunk #1 succeeded at 1080 (offset 4 lines).

applying patch 0026-add-support-for-Linux-4.15.patch...patching file src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c
Hunk #2 succeeded at 2306 (offset 4 lines).
Hunk #3 succeeded at 2368 (offset 4 lines).

applying patch 0027-add-support-for-linux-5.1.patch...patching file src/include/linuxver.h
Hunk #1 succeeded at 595 (offset 4 lines).

Building module:
cleaning build area...
make -j8 KERNELRELEASE=5.8.0-32-generic -C /lib/modules/5.8.0-32-generic/build M=/var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build...(bad exit status: 2)
ERROR: Cannot create report: [Errno 17] File exists: '/var/crash/bcmwl-kernel-source.0.crash'
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 5.8.0-32-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/make.log for more information.
...done.
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools:
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.8.0-32-generic
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub:
Sourcing file `/etc/default/grub'
Sourcing file `/etc/default/grub.d/init-select.cfg'
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.8.0-32-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-5.8.0-32-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-57-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-57-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-56-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-56-generic
Adding boot menu entry for UEFI Firmware Settings
done

here is crash file

olof@hofn ~ $ cat /var/crash/bcmwl-kernel-source.0.crash
ProblemType: Package
DKMSBuildLog:
DKMS make.log for bcmwl-6.30.223.271+bdcom for kernel 5.8.0-32-generic (x86_64)
Thu 03 Dec 2020 08:50:14 PM EST
make: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-5.8.0-32-generic'
CFG80211 API is prefered for this kernel version
Using CFG80211 API
   AR /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/built-in.a
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/src/shared/linux_osl.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.o
   CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.o
/var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/src/shared/linux_osl.c: In function ‘osl_reg_map’:
/var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/src/shared/linux_osl.c:949:10: error: implicit declaration of function ‘ioremap_nocache’; did you mean ‘ioremap_cache’? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
   949 | return (ioremap_nocache((unsigned long)pa, (unsigned long)size));
       | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
       | ioremap_cache
/var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/src/shared/linux_osl.c:949:10: warning: returning ‘int’ from a function with return type ‘void *’ makes pointer from integer without a cast [-Wint-conversion]
   949 | return (ioremap_nocache((unsigned long)pa, (unsigned long)size));
       | ~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c: In function ‘wl_attach’:
/var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:593:20: error: implicit declaration of function ‘ioremap_nocache’; did you mean ‘ioremap_cache’? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
   593 | if ((wl->regsva = ioremap_nocache(dev->base_addr, PCI_BAR0_WINSZ)) == NULL) {
       | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
       | ioremap_cache
/var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:593:18: warning: assignment to ‘void *’ from ‘int’ makes pointer from integer without a cast [-Wint-conversion]
   593 | if ((wl->regsva = ioremap_nocache(dev->base_addr, PCI_BAR0_WINSZ)) == NULL) {
       | ^
/var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c: In function ‘wl_pci_probe’:
/var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:780:2: warning: this ‘if’ clause does not guard... [-Wmisleading-indentation]
   780 | if ((val & 0x0000ff00) != 0)
       | ^~
/var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:782:3: note: ...this statement, but the latter is misleadingly indented as if it were guarded by the ‘if’
   782 | bar1_size = pci_resource_len(pdev, 2);
       | ^~~~~~~~~
/var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:783:15: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size [-Wint-to-pointer-cast]
   783 | bar1_addr = (uchar *)ioremap_nocache(pci_resource_start(pdev, 2),
       | ^
/var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c: In function ‘wl_reg_proc_entry’:
/var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:3376:58: error: passing argument 4 of ‘proc_create_data’ from incompatible pointer type [-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types]
  3376 | if ((wl->proc_entry = proc_create_data(tmp, 0644, NULL, &wl_fops, wl)) == NULL) {
       | ^~~~~~~~
       | |
       | const struct file_operations *
In file included from /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:38:
./include/linux/proc_fs.h:102:31: note: expected ‘const struct proc_ops *’ but argument is of type ‘const struct file_operations *’
   102 | extern struct proc_dir_entry *proc_create_data(const char *, umode_t,
       | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In file included from /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:40:
/var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c: In function ‘wl_set_auth_type’:
/var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.h:52:5: warning: this statement may fall through [-Wimplicit-fallthrough=]
    52 | if (wl_dbg_level & WL_DBG_DBG) { \
       | ^
/var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:816:3: note: in expansion of macro ‘WL_DBG’
   816 | WL_DBG(("network eap\n"));
       | ^~~~~~
/var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c:817:2: note: here
   817 | default:
       | ^~~~~~~
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
make[1]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:288: /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/src/shared/linux_osl.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
make[1]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:288: /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.o] Error 1
make: *** [Makefile:1780: /var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build] Error 2
make: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-5.8.0-32-generic'
DKMSKernelVersion: 5.8.0-32-generic
Date: Thu Dec 3 20:50:17 2020
DuplicateSignature: dkms:bcmwl-kernel-source:6.30.223.271+bdcom-0ubuntu5:/var/lib/dkms/bcmwl/6.30.223.271+bdcom/build/src/shared/linux_osl.c:949:10: error: implicit declaration of function ‘ioremap_nocache’; did you mean ‘ioremap_cache’? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
Package: bcmwl-kernel-source 6.30.223.271+bdcom-0ubuntu5
PackageVersion: 6.30.223.271+bdcom-0ubuntu5
SourcePackage: bcmwl
Title: bcmwl-kernel-source 6.30.223.271+bdcom-0ubuntu5: bcmwl kernel module failed to build

after reboot have
x86_64
5.8.0-32-generic
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=20.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=focal
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS"

before upgrade wifi was OK now wifi fails to work

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Scott Stensland (scottstensland) wrote on 2020-12-04:

lspci | grep -i network
03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01)

SOLUTION

sudo apt-get purge bcmwl-kernel-source

sudo apt-get install broadcom-sta-source broadcom-sta-dkms broadcom-sta-common

reboot

now wifi is OK

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2020-12-05:

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

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

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Leo (llenchikk) wrote on 2020-12-05:

Confirm that.
Solution from Scott works.
Thank you!

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saba46 (hpbiege) wrote on 2021-01-09:

Scott's solution works also with me! Thanks a lot!

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usergn2 (usergn2) wrote on 2021-01-12:

Confirmed, Scott Stensland's solution works for me.

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
image 5.8.0.36

$ lspci | grep -i network
Network controller: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM43142 802.11b/g/n (rev 01)

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