Hello John, or anyone else affected, Accepted broadcom-sta into noble-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/broadcom- sta/6.30.223.271-23ubuntu1.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on 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, what testing has been performed on the package and change the tag from verification-needed- noble to verification-done-noble. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification- failed-noble. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed. Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping! N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days. ** Changed in: broadcom-sta (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: broadcom-sta (Ubuntu Noble) Status: In Progress => Fix Committed ** Tags added: verification-needed verification-needed-noble -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to broadcom-sta in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2110927 Title: broadcom-sta-dkms FTBS in Noble with the linux-6.14-hwe kernel Status in broadcom-sta package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in broadcom-sta source package in Noble: Fix Committed Bug description: [ Impact ] DKMS make.log for broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271 for kernel 6.14.0-15-generic (x86_64) Thu May 15 18:20:40 UTC 2025 CFG80211 API is prefered for this kernel version Makefile:89: Neither CFG80211 nor Wireless Extension is enabled in kernel KBUILD_NOPEDANTIC=1 make -C /lib/modules/6.14.0-15-generic/build M=`pwd` make[1]: warning: jobserver unavailable: using -j1. Add '+' to parent make rule. make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.14.0-15-generic' make[2]: Entering directory '/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.271/build' warning: the compiler differs from the one used to build the kernel The kernel was built by: x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc-13 (Ubuntu 13.3.0-6ubuntu2~24.04) 13.3.0 You are using: gcc-13 (Ubuntu 13.3.0-6ubuntu2~24.04) 13.3.0 CFG80211 API is prefered for this kernel version Using CFG80211 API Kernel architecture is X86_64 CC [M] src/shared/linux_osl.o In file included from src/shared/linux_osl.c:25: ././src/include/linuxver.h:151:10: fatal error: net/lib80211.h: No such file or directory 151 | #include <net/lib80211.h> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ compilation terminated. make[4]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-6.14.0-15-generic/scripts/Makefile.build:207: src/shared/linux_osl.o] Error 1 make[3]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-6.14.0-15-generic/Makefile:1999: .] Error 2 make[2]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-6.14.0-15-generic/Makefile:251: __sub-make] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory '/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.271/build' make[1]: *** [Makefile:251: __sub-make] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.14.0-15-generic' make: *** [Makefile:181: all] Error 2 [ Test case ] Install the latest linux-6.14 kernel on Noble: $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:canonical-kernel-team/ppa $ sudo apt install linux-generic-hwe-24.04-wip Install broadcom-sta-dkms: $ sudo apt install broadcom-sta-dkms Load the module: $ sudo modprobe wl The same procedure can be repeated on linux-6.8 to test for possible regressions. [ Fix ] Apply patches from broadcom-sta-dkms Plucky release enabling 6.14 * debian/patches/30-fix-version-parsing.patch * debian/patches/31-6.12-unaligned-header-location.patch * debian/patches/32-build-Provide-local-lib80211.h-header.patch * debian/patches/33-Prepare-for-6.14.0-rc6.patch [ Regression potential ] We may experience regressions in systems that are using the broadcom drivers, especially with kernels >= 6.8 kernel. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/broadcom-sta/+bug/2110927/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
