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Gary Herbison (gary-herbison) wrote : Re: [Bug 1095751] Re: bcmwl fails to build with 3.8 kernels [error:‘struct cfg80211_ibss_params’has no member named‘channel’]

Marty,

Thanks for your response. I need to install firmware. I installed and ran
b43-fwcutter.

sudo apt-get install firmware-b43-installer

See Link

http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43

Everything is working great.

On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 2:54 PM, Marty Lucich <email address hidden> wrote:

> Hi Chenna,
>
> Perhaps you are getting a different version of the package than I am?
> If I type "aptitude show bcmwl-kernel-source" it shows me:
> Version: 6.20.155.1+bdcom-0ubuntu6
>
> If you see an earlier version then maybe I have more or different
> repositories enabled in my /etc/apt/sources.list file. I do have
> backports enabled:
> deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-backports main restricted
> universe multiverse
>
> And also updates:
> deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-updates main restricted
> multiverse
>
> I don't actually know where the package I have came from. Also maybe
> you need to update your indexes? (aptitude update)
>
> I also didn't mention that I am running Ubuntu 13.04 and a 64 bit
> kernel. I hope there is a clue for you there somewhere.
>
> Best regards,
> Marty
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1095751
>
> Title:
> bcmwl fails to build with 3.8 kernels [error: ‘struct
> cfg80211_ibss_params’ has no member named ‘channel’]
>
> Status in “bcmwl” package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
> Status in “broadcom-sta” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
> Status in “bcmwl” source package in Precise:
> Fix Committed
> Status in “broadcom-sta” source package in Precise:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Upcoming 3.8 kernels have broken this DKMS package.
>
> P
>
> SRU request:
>
> [Impact]
>
> * As a result of this bug, bcmwl-kernel-source will fail to build the
> module against linux-generic-lts-raring in Ubuntu 12.04.
>
> [Test Case]
>
> * Enable the precise-proposed repository and install bcmwl-kernel-
> source (6.20.155.1+bdcom-0ubuntu0.0.2).
>
> * Install linux-generic-lts-raring
>
> * If the package installs without errors from DKMS with both the
> linux-generic and lts-raring kernels, then the patches work correctly.
>
> [Regression Potential]
>
> * The patches that I backported from 13.10 will preserve the current
> driver behaviour on linux-generic (3.2) and linux-generic-lts-quantal
> (3.5), thanks to the use of specific macros in the code which check
> the kernel version. As a result, no regressions of any kind can be
> expected on these kernels.
>
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