Comment 4 for bug 912155

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Mossroy (mossroy) wrote :

Version 5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu5 of this package does not work on kernel 3.3 (see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/912155 : the compile error still happens, even if I already use this patched version)

I think it's because of the dkms declaration in dkms.conf :
PATCH[3]="0004-Add-support-for-Linux-3.2.patch"
PATCH_MATCH[3]="^3.2"

which means that the patch 0004-Add-support-for-Linux-3.2.patch will only be applied on kernel versions starting with 3.2 (off-topic : I suppose the dot should be escaped?)

I suggest to replace it with something like :
PATCH_MATCH[3]="^3\.[23]"

so that the patch would be applied for kernel 3.3, too. Maybe the regex should also be applied on further versions (3.4, 3.5 etc)? I don't what is the policy for that.

NB : I did not have the time to repackage and test