broadcom-sta-dkms 6.30.223.271-3~16.04.2: broadcom-sta kernel module failed to build [error: implicit declaration of function ‘init_timer’]

[againstdarkness]

It was updating the system.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: broadcom-sta-dkms 6.30.223.271-3~16.04.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-13.14~16.04.1-generic 4.15.10
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-13-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.16
Architecture: amd64
DKMSKernelVersion: 4.15.0-20-generic
Date: Tue May 8 23:00:41 2018
DistributionChannelDescriptor:
 # This is a distribution channel descriptor
 # For more information see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor
 canonical-oem-somerville-xenial-amd64-20160624-2
DuplicateSignature: dkms:broadcom-sta-dkms:6.30.223.271-3~16.04.2:/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.271/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:2352:2: error: implicit declaration of function ‘init_timer’ [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-05-31 (342 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 "Xenial" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20160624-10:47
PackageArchitecture: all
PackageVersion: 6.30.223.271-3~16.04.2
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.4
 apt 1.2.26
SourcePackage: broadcom-sta
Title: broadcom-sta-dkms 6.30.223.271-3~16.04.2: 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.

[rasaborio (rasaborio)]

Results of modprobe wl

modprobe: ERROR: ../libkmod/libkmod-module.c:832 kmod_module_insert_module() could not find module by name='wl'
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'wl': Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)
modprobe: ERROR: ../libkmod/libkmod-module.c:977 command_do() Error running install command for wl
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'wl': Operation not permitted

[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 1757008, 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.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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