Hello Andy, or anyone else affected, Accepted into raring-proposed. The package will build now and be available in a few hours in the -proposed repository.
Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users. If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision. Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance! ** Description changed: Upcoming 3.8 kernels have broken this DKMS package. - ProblemType: Bug - DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 - Package: bcmwl-kernel-source 6.20.155.1+bdcom-0ubuntu2 - ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-0.1~apw2-generic 3.8.0-rc2 - Uname: Linux 3.8.0-0-generic x86_64 - ApportVersion: 2.7-0ubuntu2 - Architecture: amd64 - Date: Thu Jan 3 17:59:26 2013 - InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-11-07 (57 days ago) - InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120627) - MarkForUpload: True - SourcePackage: bcmwl - UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) + 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. ** Tags added: verification-needed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to bcmwl in Ubuntu. 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: In Progress Status in “broadcom-sta” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in “bcmwl” source package in Precise: In Progress 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. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/1095751/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
