Comment 67 for bug 292450

I confirm that many caps-lock-flashing freezes still occur with driver version 5.10.27.12 which is present in linux-restricted-modules-2.6.27-11-generic v2.6.27-11.16 and using AES/CCMP encryption on the wireless LAN.

Following Urschl's update above, I went to http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php to get the latest driver version 5.10.79.10 and also the "Patch for WPA-Enterprise hang". My concern with the patch is that it only addresses WPA Enterprise issues .... but I am using WPA2 Personal right now ..... Maybe it will still help?

Anyway, I've installed the patched driver v.5.10.79.10 and no lockups so far (in the last 5 minutes :)

I've included a short generic HOWTO for those interested in doing the same. It covers creating local source directory, getting the latest driver and patch (for 64-bit Linux), patching the code, building and installing the driver, and manually refreshing the currently loaded driver. Hope it helps someone.

Latest Broadcom wl HOWTO:

cd; mkdir wl_src
SRC=$HOME/wl_src
cd $SRC
wget http://www.broadcom.com/docs/linux_sta/hybrid-portsrc-x86_64-v5_10_79_10.tar.gz
tar zxvf hybrid-portsrc-x86_64-v5_10_79_10.tar.gz
wget http://www.broadcom.com/docs/linux_sta/wl_iw.patch
cd src/wl/sys
patch < ../../../wl_iw.patch
cd $SRC
VER=`uname -r`
make -C /lib/modules/$VER/build M=`pwd`
WLPATH=`find /lib/modules/$VER -name wl.ko`
sudo mv wl.ko $WLPATH
sudo modprobe -r wl
sudo modprobe wl