broadcom-sta-dkms 5.100.82.112-9: broadcom-sta kernel module failed to build [error: ‘struct cfg80211_ibss_params’ has no member named ‘channel’]

[Shih-Yuan Lee]

DKMS make.log for broadcom-sta-5.100.82.112 for kernel 3.8.0-16-generic (x86_64)
Thu Apr 4 09:02:38 UTC 2013
/bin/sh: 1: [: Illegal number:
/bin/sh: 1: [: Illegal number:
Wireless Extension is the only possible API for this kernel version
Using Wireless Extension API
KBUILD_NOPEDANTIC=1 make -C /lib/modules/3.8.0-16-generic/build M=/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/5.100.82.112/build
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.8.0-16-generic'
CFG80211 API is prefered for this kernel version
Using CFG80211 API
Kernel architecture is X86_64
  LD /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/5.100.82.112/build/built-in.o
  CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/5.100.82.112/build/src/shared/linux_osl.o
  CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/5.100.82.112/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.o
  CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/5.100.82.112/build/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.o
  CC [M] /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/5.100.82.112/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211.o
/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/5.100.82.112/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211.c: In function ‘wl_cfg80211_join_ibss’:
/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/5.100.82.112/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211.c:757:26: error: ‘struct cfg80211_ibss_params’ has no member named ‘channel’
/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/5.100.82.112/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211.c: At top level:
/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/5.100.82.112/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211.c:1664:2: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default]
/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/5.100.82.112/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211.c:1664:2: warning: (near initialization for ‘wl_cfg80211_ops.set_tx_power’) [enabled by default]
/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/5.100.82.112/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211.c:1665:2: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type [enabled by default]
/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/5.100.82.112/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211.c:1665:2: warning: (near initialization for ‘wl_cfg80211_ops.get_tx_power’) [enabled by default]
/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/5.100.82.112/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211.c: In function ‘wl_update_bss_info’:
/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/5.100.82.112/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211.c:2092:11: error: ‘struct cfg80211_bss’ has no member named ‘information_elements’
/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/5.100.82.112/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211.c:2093:15: error: ‘struct cfg80211_bss’ has no member named ‘len_information_elements’
make[2]: *** [/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/5.100.82.112/build/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/5.100.82.112/build] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.8.0-16-generic'
make: *** [all] Error 2

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: broadcom-sta-dkms 5.100.82.112-9
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-16.26-generic 3.8.5
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-16-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.330
DKMSKernelVersion: 3.8.0-16-generic
Date: Thu Apr 4 09:02:42 2013
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20130402.1)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
PackageVersion: 5.100.82.112-9
SourcePackage: broadcom-sta
Title: broadcom-sta-dkms 5.100.82.112-9: broadcom-sta kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1101963, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.