Debdiff in attach fixes the build problems with linux 6.1 and it should
also fix LP: #1998039 (once confirmed/tested we can set 1998039 as
duplicate of this one).

** Patch added: "bcmwl-kernel-6.1-and-netdev-fix.debdiff"
   
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/1999009/+attachment/5635020/+files/bcmwl-kernel-6.1-and-netdev-fix.debdiff

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Title:
  bcmwl: properly support linux 6.1

Status in bcmwl package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in bcmwl source package in Kinetic:
  New
Status in bcmwl source package in Lunar:
  New

Bug description:
  [Impact]

  bcmwl-kernel-source fails to build with the latest linux 6.1 in Lunar.

  Moreover, with kernels >= 5.17 there's an incorrect access to struct
  netdev (see LP: #1998039).

  [Test case]

  $ sudo apt install bcmwl-kernel-source

  [Fix]

  The following upstream commits have change the cfg80211 ABI in linux
  >= 6.1:

  
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=efbabc11650040c64884ff3019b88c7bcc0ceb1d
  
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e7a7b84e33178db4a839c5e1773247be17597c1f

  Change bcmwl to properly support the new ABI changes.

  Moreover, to fix the incorrect netdev access with kernels >= 5.17 we
  can apply this patch
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/archlinux/svntogit-
  community/master/broadcom-wl-dkms/trunk/012-linux517.patch (see LP:
  #1998039 - thanks to Brett Holman for the backport and for reporting
  the problem).

  [Regression potential]

  We may experience regressions with kernels >= 6.1 using the bcmwl-
  kernel-source dkms. The code for the previous kernels remains
  unchanged.

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