Broadcom Linux STA 6.30.223.271 has been released on 10/01/15. The latest version upstream version in Portage is 6.30.223.248.
https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/265
I updated to this version today hoping to get intermittent hangs I was seeing with the driver fixed. Now, the driver just resets my laptop as soon as the connection to the wifi AP is established by the network manager. So, the 271 driver version is very unstable.
Yep, this .271 version still needs this hunk from broadcom-sta-6.30.223.248-r3-linux-3.15-3.18.patch, which was removed with the bump: @@ -2157,8 +2159,8 @@ wlif = WL_DEV_IF(dev); wl = WL_INFO(dev); + skb->prev = NULL; if (WL_ALL_PASSIVE_ENAB(wl) || (WL_RTR() && WL_CONFIG_SMP())) { - skb->prev = NULL; TXQ_LOCK(wl); Otherwise it will panic after a minute or so.
(In reply to Francisco Vazquez from comment #3) > Yep, this .271 version still needs this hunk from > broadcom-sta-6.30.223.248-r3-linux-3.15-3.18.patch, which was removed with > the bump: > > @@ -2157,8 +2159,8 @@ > wlif = WL_DEV_IF(dev); > wl = WL_INFO(dev); > > + skb->prev = NULL; > if (WL_ALL_PASSIVE_ENAB(wl) || (WL_RTR() && WL_CONFIG_SMP())) { > - skb->prev = NULL; > > TXQ_LOCK(wl); > > > Otherwise it will panic after a minute or so. Thank you! I've pushed an ebuild with this patch (broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271-r1). Please confirm that it works for you.
Hi, here is an additional comment for new version it's not critical but broadcom-sta-6.30.223.141-license.patch no longer needed It has been fixed in the .271 Regards
(In reply to Olcay from comment #5) > Hi, > here is an additional comment for new version it's not critical but > > broadcom-sta-6.30.223.141-license.patch no longer needed > It has been fixed in the .271 > > Regards Indeed. Thanks for the heads up. I've removed it from .271.
Working fine now with -r1. Thanks.
