Public bug reported:
broadcom-sta fails to compile for 6.7.0-14-generic.
Environment info:
```
$ hostnamectl
Operating System: Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
Kernel: Linux 6.14.0-37-generic
Architecture: x86-64
Hardware Vendor: Apple Inc.
Hardware Model: MacBookPro11,2
```
The command that fails:
```
$ sudo apt upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
4 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Setting up linux-image-6.17.0-14-generic (6.17.0-14.14~24.04.1) ...
Setting up linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic (6.17.0-14.14~24.04.1) ...
/etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms:
* dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 6.17.0-14-generic
Sign command: /usr/bin/kmodsign
Signing key: /var/lib/shim-signed/mok/MOK.priv
Public certificate (MOK): /var/lib/shim-signed/mok/MOK.der
Building module:
Cleaning build area...
make -j8 KERNELRELEASE=6.17.0-14-generic KVER=6.17.0-14-generic...(bad exit
status: 2)
ERROR: Cannot create report: [Errno 17] File exists:
'/var/crash/broadcom-sta-dkms.0.crash'
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.17.0-14-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.271/build/make.log for more
information.
dkms autoinstall on 6.17.0-14-generic/x86_64 failed for broadcom-sta(10)
Error! One or more modules failed to install during autoinstall.
Refer to previous errors for more information.
* dkms: autoinstall for kernel 6.17.0-14-generic
...fail!
run-parts: /etc/kernel/header_postinst.d/dkms exited with return code 11
dpkg: error processing package linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic (--configure):
installed linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic package post-installation script
subprocess returned error exit status 11
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of
linux-headers-generic-hwe-24.04:
linux-headers-generic-hwe-24.04 depends on linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic;
however:
Package linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package linux-headers-generic-hwe-24.04 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic-hwe-24.04:
linux-generic-hwe-24.04 depends on linux-headers-generic-hwe-24.04 (=
6.17.0-14.14~24.04.1); however:
Package linux-headers-generic-hwe-24.04 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package linux-generic-hwe-24.04 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup
error from a previous failure.
No apport report written becau
se the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
Processing triggers for linux-image-6.17.0-14-generic (6.17.
0-14.14~24.04.1) ...
/etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms:
* dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 6.17.0-14-generic
Sign command: /usr/bin/kmodsign
Signing key: /var/lib/shim-signed/mok/MOK.priv
Public certificate (MOK): /var/lib/shim-signed/mok/MOK.der
Building module:
Cleaning build area...
make -j8 KERNELRELEASE=6.17.0-14-generic KVER=6.17.0-14-generic...(bad exit
status: 2)
ERROR: Cannot create report: [Errno 17] File exists:
'/var/crash/broadcom-sta-dkms.0.crash'
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.17.0-14-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.271/build/make.log for more
information.
dkms autoinstall on 6.17.0-14-generic/x86_64 failed for broadcom-sta(10)
Error! One or more modules failed to install during autoinstall.
Refer to previous errors for more information.
* dkms: autoinstall for kernel 6.17.0-14-generic
...fail!
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms exited with return code 11
dpkg: error processing package linux-image-6.17.0-14-generic (--configure):
installed linux-image-6.17.0-14-generic package post-installation script
subprocess returned error exit status 11
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
Errors were
encountered while processing:
linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic
linux-headers-generic-hwe-24.04
linux-generic-hwe-24.04
linux-image-6.17.0-14-generic
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
```
make.log says:
```
/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.271/build$ cat make.log
DKMS make.log for broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271 for kernel 6.17.0-14-generic
(x86_64)
Sun Feb 15 10:09:06 PM EST 2026
CFG80211 API is prefered for this kernel version
Makefile:91: Neither CFG80211 nor Wireless Extension is enabled in kernel
KBUILD_NOPEDANTIC=1 make -C /lib/modules/6.17.0-14-generic/build M=`pwd`
make[1]: warning: jobserver unavailable: using -j1. Add '+' to parent make
rule.
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-14-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
src/shared/linux_osl.c:23:10: fatal error: typedefs.h: No such file or directory
23 | #include <typedefs.h>
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
make[4]: ***
[/usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic/scripts/Makefile.build:287:
src/shared/linux_osl.o] Error 1
make[3]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic/Makefile:2016: .] Error 2
make[2]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic/Makefile:248:
__sub-make] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.271/build'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:248: __sub-make] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic'
make: *** [Makefile:183: all] Error 2
```
... but typedefs.h is there:
```
$ pwd
/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.271/build
$ ls -l src/include/typedefs.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3955 Oct 4 2015 src/include/typedefs.h
```
If I try to build it, make fails:
```
/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.271/build# KBUILD_NOPEDANTIC=1 make -C
/lib/modules/6.17.0-14-generic/build M=`pwd` V=1
make: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic'
make -C /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.271/build \
-f /usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic/Makefile
make[1]: Entering directory '/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.271/build'
make --no-print-directory -C /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.271/build \
-f /usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic/Makefile
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
make -f /usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic/scripts/Makefile.build obj=.
need-builtin=1 need-modorder=1
CFG80211 API is prefered for this kernel version
Using CFG80211 API
Kernel architecture is X86_64
# CC [M] src/shared/linux_osl.o
gcc-13 -Wp,-MMD,src/shared/.linux_osl.o.d -nostdinc
-I/usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic/arch/x86/include
-I/usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic/arch/x86/include/generated
-I/usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic/include
-I/usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic/include
-I/usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic/arch/x86/include/uapi
-I/usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic/arch/x86/include/generated/uapi
-I/usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic/include/uapi
-I/usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic/include/generated/uapi -include
/usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic/include/linux/compiler-version.h
-include /usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic/include/linux/kconfig.h
-I/usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic/ubuntu/include -include
/usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic/include/linux/compiler_types.h
-D__KERNEL__ -std=gnu11 -fshort-wchar -funsigned-char -fno-common -fno-PIE
-fno-strict-aliasing -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow -mno-avx -mno-sse4a
-fcf-protection=none -m64 -falign-jumps=1 -falign-loops=1 -mno-80387
-mno-fp-ret-in-387 -mpreferred-stack-boundary=3 -mskip-rax-setup -march=x86-64
-mtune=generic -mno-red-zone -mcmodel=kernel -mstack-protector-guard-reg=gs
-mstack-protector-guard-symbol=__ref_stack_chk_guard -Wno-sign-compare
-fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -mindirect-branch=thunk-extern
-mindirect-branch-register -mindirect-branch-cs-prefix
-mfunction-return=thunk-extern -fno-jump-tables -mharden-sls=all
-fpatchable-function-entry=16,16 -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -O2
-fno-allow-store-data-races -fstack-protector-strong -fno-omit-frame-pointer
-fno-optimize-sibling-calls -ftrivial-auto-var-init=zero
-fno-stack-clash-protection -fzero-call-used-regs=used-gpr -pg -mrecord-mcount
-mfentry -DCC_USING_FENTRY -falign-functions=16 -fstrict-flex-arrays=3
-fno-strict-overflow -fno-stack-check -fconserve-stack -fno-builtin-wcslen
-Wall -Wextra -Wundef -Werror=implicit-function-declaration
-Werror=implicit-int -Werror=return-type -Werror=strict-prototypes
-Wno-format-security -Wno-trigraphs -Wno-frame-address
-Wno-address-of-packed-member -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes
-Wframe-larger-than=1024 -Wno-main -Wno-dangling-pointer -Wvla-larger-than=1
-Wno-pointer-sign -Wcast-function-type -Wno-array-bounds -Wno-stringop-overflow
-Wno-alloc-size-larger-than -Wimplicit-fallthrough=5 -Werror=date-time
-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types -Werror=designated-init -Wenum-conversion
-Wunused -Wno-unused-but-set-variable -Wno-unused-const-variable
-Wno-packed-not-aligned -Wno-format-overflow -Wno-format-truncation
-Wno-stringop-truncation -Wno-override-init -Wno-missing-field-initializers
-Wno-type-limits -Wno-shift-negative-value -Wno-maybe-uninitialized
-Wno-sign-compare -Wno-unused-parameter -g -gdwarf-5 -fsanitize=bounds-strict
-fsanitize=shift -fsanitize=bool -fsanitize=enum -DMODULE
-DKBUILD_BASENAME='"linux_osl"' -DKBUILD_MODNAME='"wl"'
-D__KBUILD_MODNAME=kmod_wl -c -o src/shared/linux_osl.o src/shared/linux_osl.c
; /usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic/tools/objtool/objtool
--hacks=jump_label --hacks=noinstr --hacks=skylake --retpoline --rethunk --sls
--stackval --static-call --uaccess --prefix=16 --Werror --module
src/shared/linux_osl.o
src/shared/linux_osl.c:23:10: fatal error: typedefs.h: No such file or directory
23 | #include <typedefs.h>
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
make[3]: ***
[/usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic/scripts/Makefile.build:287:
src/shared/linux_osl.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic/Makefile:2016: .] Error 2
make[1]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic/Makefile:248:
__sub-make] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.271/build'
make: *** [Makefile:248: __sub-make] Error 2
make: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic'
```
If I add "-I./src/include" to the gcc command line, the module compiles.
```
# gcc-13 -Wp,-MMD,src/shared/.linux_osl.o.d -nostdinc
-I/usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic/arch/x86/include
-I/usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic/arch/x86/include/generated
-I/usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic/include
-I/usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic/include
-I/usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic/arch/x86/include/uapi
-I/usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic/arch/x86/include/generated/uapi
-I/usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic/include/uapi
-I/usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic/include/generated/uapi -include
/usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic/include/linux/compiler-version.h
-include /usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic/include/linux/kconfig.h
-I/usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic/ubuntu/include -include
/usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic/include/linux/compiler_types.h
-I./src/include -D__KERNEL__ -std=gnu11 -fshort-wchar -funsigned-char
-fno-common -fno-PIE -fno-strict-aliasing -mno-sse -mno-mmx -mno-sse2
-mno-3dnow -mno-avx -mno-sse4a -fcf-protection=none -m64 -falign-jumps=1
-falign-loops=1 -mno-80387 -mno-fp-ret-in-387 -mpreferred-stack-boundary=3
-mskip-rax-setup -march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -mno-red-zone -mcmodel=kernel
-mstack-protector-guard-reg=gs
-mstack-protector-guard-symbol=__ref_stack_chk_guard -Wno-sign-compare
-fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -mindirect-branch=thunk-extern
-mindirect-branch-register -mindirect-branch-cs-prefix
-mfunction-return=thunk-extern -fno-jump-tables -mharden-sls=all
-fpatchable-function-entry=16,16 -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -O2
-fno-allow-store-data-races -fstack-protector-strong -fno-omit-frame-pointer
-fno-optimize-sibling-calls -ftrivial-auto-var-init=zero
-fno-stack-clash-protection -fzero-call-used-regs=used-gpr -pg -mrecord-mcount
-mfentry -DCC_USING_FENTRY -falign-functions=16 -fstrict-flex-arrays=3
-fno-strict-overflow -fno-stack-check -fconserve-stack -fno-builtin-wcslen
-Wall -Wextra -Wundef -Werror=implicit-function-declaration
-Werror=implicit-int -Werror=return-type -Werror=strict-prototypes
-Wno-format-security -Wno-trigraphs -Wno-frame-address
-Wno-address-of-packed-member -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes
-Wframe-larger-than=1024 -Wno-main -Wno-dangling-pointer -Wvla-larger-than=1
-Wno-pointer-sign -Wcast-function-type -Wno-array-bounds -Wno-stringop-overflow
-Wno-alloc-size-larger-than -Wimplicit-fallthrough=5 -Werror=date-time
-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types -Werror=designated-init -Wenum-conversion
-Wunused -Wno-unused-but-set-variable -Wno-unused-const-variable
-Wno-packed-not-aligned -Wno-format-overflow -Wno-format-truncation
-Wno-stringop-truncation -Wno-override-init -Wno-missing-field-initializers
-Wno-type-limits -Wno-shift-negative-value -Wno-maybe-uninitialized
-Wno-sign-compare -Wno-unused-parameter -g -gdwarf-5 -fsanitize=bounds-strict
-fsanitize=shift -fsanitize=bool -fsanitize=enum -DMODULE
-DKBUILD_BASENAME='"linux_osl"' -DKBUILD_MODNAME='"wl"'
-D__KBUILD_MODNAME=kmod_wl -c -o src/shared/linux_osl.o src/shared/linux_osl.c
; /usr/src/linux-headers-6.17.0-14-generic/tools/objtool/objtool
--hacks=jump_label --hacks=noinstr --hacks=skylake --retpoline --rethunk --sls
--stackval --static-call --uaccess --prefix=16 --Werror --module
src/shared/linux_osl.o
# echo $?
0
```
I see the following line in Makefile:
```
EXTRA_CFLAGS += -I$(src)/src/include -I$(src)/src/common/include
```
But the EXTRA_CFLAGS don't seem to make it to the compiler command line
options:
I hope this helps.
Thank you,
Cat.
ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: broadcom-sta-dkms 6.30.223.271-23ubuntu1.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.14.0-37.37~24.04.1-generic 6.14.11
Uname: Linux 6.14.0-37-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.8
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
DKMSKernelVersion: 6.17.0-14-generic
Date: Sun Feb 15 21:07:07 2026
InstallationDate: Installed on 2025-10-28 (110 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS "Noble Numbat" - Release amd64
(20250805.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
PackageVersion: 6.30.223.271-23ubuntu1.1
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.12, Python 3.12.3, python3-minimal,
3.12.3-0ubuntu2.1
PythonDetails: N/A
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.22.6ubuntu6.5
apt 2.8.3
SourcePackage: broadcom-sta
Title: broadcom-sta-dkms 6.30.223.271-23ubuntu1.1: broadcom-sta kernel module
failed to build
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: broadcom-sta (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-package noble
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