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Bug 557338 - <=net-wireless/broadcom-sta-6.30.223.248-r3 will fail to compile under linux-4.2 (which will be published soon)
Summary: <=net-wireless/broadcom-sta-6.30.223.248-r3 will fail to compile under linux-...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Matt Turner
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Reported: 2015-08-12 03:02 UTC by Yi Yang
Modified: 2015-08-22 19:20 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Attachments
patch that fixes the compilation error problem (broadcom-sta-6.30.223.248-r4-linux-4.2.patch,715 bytes, patch)
2015-08-12 03:02 UTC, Yi Yang 		Details | Diff
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Description Yi Yang 2015-08-12 03:02:06 UTC 
I am using linux 4.2-rc4 and I found broadcom-sta-6.30.223.248-r3 no longer compiles. There is a function signature mismatch which could easily be fixed (see attachment), but then there is still problem: the non-GPL .ko seems to link a kernel GPL symbol, which makes the module legally unusable.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install linux 4.2-rc4 from source
2. Install broadcom-sta (any version, but 6.30.223.248-r3 should be closest to compile)

Actual Results:  
Compilation error (or linkage problem after using my patch)

Expected Results:  
It compiles and links.
Comment 1 Yi Yang 2015-08-12 03:02:56 UTC 
Created attachment 408836 [details, diff]
patch that fixes the compilation error problem
Comment 2 Yi Yang 2015-08-13 06:45:07 UTC 
(The problem also exists for linux 4.2-rc6, the newest release candidate available so far.)
Comment 3 Matt Turner gentoo-dev 2015-08-22 19:20:04 UTC 
Thanks! Applied to broadcom-sta-6.30.223.248-r4.