592476 – net-wireless/broadcom-sta driver fails to load by kernel 4.7.2

Bug 592476 - net-wireless/broadcom-sta driver fails to load by kernel 4.7.2

Summary: net-wireless/broadcom-sta driver fails to load by kernel 4.7.2

Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	AMD64 Linux

Importance:	Normal normal
Assignee:	Matt Turner

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Reported:	2016-08-30 21:20 UTC by Marcin Szamotulski
Modified:	2016-11-21 04:19 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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emerge info (emerge.info,6.06 KB, text/plain) 2016-08-30 21:23 UTC, Marcin Szamotulski	Details
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Description Marcin Szamotulski 2016-08-30 21:20:08 UTC

I use gentoo-sources kernel. With version 4.7.2 the wl driver from broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271-r3 fails to load.  `modprobe wl` fails with: `modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'wl': Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)`
Inspecting dmesg reveils a lot of unknown symbols:

[   46.716917] wl: disagrees about version of symbol module_layout
[  127.334944] wl: module license 'MIXED/Proprietary' taints kernel.
[  127.334947] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
[  127.336775] wl: Unknown symbol cfg80211_inform_bss_frame_data (err 0)
[  127.336785] wl: Unknown symbol vsprintf (err 0)
[  127.336787] wl: Unknown symbol rfkill_unregister (err 0)
[  127.336789] wl: Unknown symbol cfg80211_scan_done (err 0)
[  127.336794] wl: Unknown symbol unregister_netdev (err 0)
[  127.336796] wl: Unknown symbol up (err 0)
[  127.336797] wl: Unknown symbol iounmap (err 0)
[  127.336800] wl: Unknown symbol rfkill_destroy (err 0)
[  127.336806] wl: Unknown symbol cfg80211_disconnected (err 0)
[  127.336806] wl: Unknown symbol ether_setup (err 0)
[  127.336809] wl: Unknown symbol alloc_netdev_mqs (err 0)
[  127.336810] wl: Unknown symbol wiphy_new_nm (err 0)
[  127.336811] wl: Unknown symbol cfg80211_connect_bss (err 0)
[  127.336814] wl: Unknown symbol wiphy_register (err 0)
[  127.336815] wl: Unknown symbol rfkill_init_sw_state (err 0)
[  127.336816] wl: Unknown symbol ioremap_nocache (err 0)
[  127.336817] wl: Unknown symbol cfg80211_put_bss (err 0)
[  127.336818] wl: Unknown symbol cfg80211_roamed (err 0)
[  127.336820] wl: Unknown symbol cfg80211_gtk_rekey_notify (err 0)
[  127.336823] wl: Unknown symbol cfg80211_ibss_joined (err 0)
[  127.336826] wl: Unknown symbol down (err 0)
[  127.336826] wl: Unknown symbol cfg80211_michael_mic_failure (err 0)
[  127.336830] wl: Unknown symbol register_netdev (err 0)
[  127.336831] wl: Unknown symbol wiphy_unregister (err 0)
[  127.336832] wl: Unknown symbol rfkill_set_hw_state (err 0)
[  127.336834] wl: Unknown symbol rfkill_alloc (err 0)
[  127.336835] wl: Unknown symbol cfg80211_get_bss (err 0)
[  127.336836] wl: Unknown symbol netif_tx_wake_queue (err 0)
[  127.336837] wl: Unknown symbol __ieee80211_get_channel (err 0)
[  127.336840] wl: Unknown symbol netif_rx (err 0)
[  127.336844] wl: Unknown symbol rfkill_register (err 0)
[  127.336845] wl: Unknown symbol __dev_kfree_skb_any (err 0)
[  127.336846] wl: Unknown symbol filp_close (err 0)
[  127.336847] wl: Unknown symbol ieee80211_channel_to_frequency (err 0)
[  127.336849] wl: Unknown symbol down_interruptible (err 0)
[  127.336851] wl: Unknown symbol cfg80211_report_wowlan_wakeup (err 0)
[  127.336853] wl: Unknown symbol cfg80211_inform_bss_data (err 0)
[  127.336853] wl: Unknown symbol ieee80211_frequency_to_channel (err 0)
[  127.336856] wl: Unknown symbol wiphy_free (err 0)
[ 2123.591968] wl: Unknown symbol cfg80211_inform_bss_frame_data (err 0)
[ 2123.591979] wl: Unknown symbol vsprintf (err 0)
[ 2123.591981] wl: Unknown symbol rfkill_unregister (err 0)
[ 2123.591984] wl: Unknown symbol cfg80211_scan_done (err 0)
[ 2123.591988] wl: Unknown symbol unregister_netdev (err 0)
[ 2123.591990] wl: Unknown symbol up (err 0)
[ 2123.591991] wl: Unknown symbol iounmap (err 0)
[ 2123.591993] wl: Unknown symbol rfkill_destroy (err 0)
[ 2123.591999] wl: Unknown symbol cfg80211_disconnected (err 0)
[ 2123.592000] wl: Unknown symbol ether_setup (err 0)
[ 2123.592002] wl: Unknown symbol alloc_netdev_mqs (err 0)
[ 2123.592003] wl: Unknown symbol wiphy_new_nm (err 0)
[ 2123.592004] wl: Unknown symbol cfg80211_connect_bss (err 0)
[ 2123.592008] wl: Unknown symbol wiphy_register (err 0)
[ 2123.592008] wl: Unknown symbol rfkill_init_sw_state (err 0)
[ 2123.592009] wl: Unknown symbol ioremap_nocache (err 0)
[ 2123.592010] wl: Unknown symbol cfg80211_put_bss (err 0)
[ 2123.592010] wl: Unknown symbol cfg80211_roamed (err 0)
[ 2123.592013] wl: Unknown symbol cfg80211_gtk_rekey_notify (err 0)
[ 2123.592015] wl: Unknown symbol cfg80211_ibss_joined (err 0)
[ 2123.592018] wl: Unknown symbol down (err 0)
[ 2123.592019] wl: Unknown symbol cfg80211_michael_mic_failure (err 0)
[ 2123.592022] wl: Unknown symbol register_netdev (err 0)
[ 2123.592023] wl: Unknown symbol wiphy_unregister (err 0)
[ 2123.592024] wl: Unknown symbol rfkill_set_hw_state (err 0)
[ 2123.592026] wl: Unknown symbol rfkill_alloc (err 0)
[ 2123.592027] wl: Unknown symbol cfg80211_get_bss (err 0)
[ 2123.592028] wl: Unknown symbol netif_tx_wake_queue (err 0)
[ 2123.592029] wl: Unknown symbol __ieee80211_get_channel (err 0)
[ 2123.592032] wl: Unknown symbol netif_rx (err 0)
[ 2123.592035] wl: Unknown symbol rfkill_register (err 0)
[ 2123.592037] wl: Unknown symbol __dev_kfree_skb_any (err 0)
[ 2123.592038] wl: Unknown symbol filp_close (err 0)
[ 2123.592038] wl: Unknown symbol ieee80211_channel_to_frequency (err 0)
[ 2123.592040] wl: Unknown symbol down_interruptible (err 0)
[ 2123.592042] wl: Unknown symbol cfg80211_report_wowlan_wakeup (err 0)
[ 2123.592043] wl: Unknown symbol cfg80211_inform_bss_data (err 0)
[ 2123.592044] wl: Unknown symbol ieee80211_frequency_to_channel (err 0)
[ 2123.592047] wl: Unknown symbol wiphy_free (err 0)

There are compilation warnings when compiling the driver:

CFG80211 API is prefered for this kernel version
Using CFG80211 API
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271-r3/work/src/shared/linux_osl.o
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271-r3/work/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.o
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271-r3/work/src/wl/sys/wl_iw.o
  CC [M]  /var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271-r3/work/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.o
  LD [M]  /var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271-r3/work/wl.o
CFG80211 API is prefered for this kernel version
Using CFG80211 API
  MODPOST 1 modules
WARNING: "wiphy_free" [/var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271-r3/work/wl.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ieee80211_frequency_to_channel" [/var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271-r3/work/wl.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "cfg80211_inform_bss_data" [/var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271-r3/work/wl.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "cfg80211_report_wowlan_wakeup" [/var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271-r3/work/wl.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "down_interruptible" [/var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271-r3/work/wl.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ieee80211_channel_to_frequency" [/var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271-r3/work/wl.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "rfkill_register" [/var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271-r3/work/wl.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "__ieee80211_get_channel" [/var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271-r3/work/wl.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "cfg80211_get_bss" [/var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271-r3/work/wl.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "rfkill_alloc" [/var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271-r3/work/wl.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "rfkill_set_hw_state" [/var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271-r3/work/wl.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "wiphy_unregister" [/var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271-r3/work/wl.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "cfg80211_michael_mic_failure" [/var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271-r3/work/wl.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "down" [/var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271-r3/work/wl.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "cfg80211_ibss_joined" [/var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271-r3/work/wl.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "cfg80211_gtk_rekey_notify" [/var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271-r3/work/wl.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "cfg80211_roamed" [/var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271-r3/work/wl.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "cfg80211_put_bss" [/var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271-r3/work/wl.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "ioremap_nocache" [/var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271-r3/work/wl.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "rfkill_init_sw_state" [/var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271-r3/work/wl.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "wiphy_register" [/var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271-r3/work/wl.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "cfg80211_connect_bss" [/var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271-r3/work/wl.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "wiphy_new_nm" [/var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271-r3/work/wl.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "cfg80211_disconnected" [/var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271-r3/work/wl.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "rfkill_destroy" [/var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271-r3/work/wl.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "iounmap" [/var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271-r3/work/wl.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "up" [/var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271-r3/work/wl.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "cfg80211_scan_done" [/var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271-r3/work/wl.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "rfkill_unregister" [/var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271-r3/work/wl.ko] undefined!
WARNING: "cfg80211_inform_bss_frame_data" [/var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271-r3/work/wl.ko] undefined!
  CC      /var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271-r3/work/wl.mod.o
  LD [M]  /var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271-r3/work/wl.ko

Comment 1 Marcin Szamotulski 2016-08-30 21:22:02 UTC

There are also warning in the install phase:

 * Updating module dependencies for 4.7.2-gentoo ...
depmod: WARNING: //lib/modules/4.7.2-gentoo/net/wireless/wl.ko needs unknown symbol cfg80211_inform_bss_frame_data
depmod: WARNING: //lib/modules/4.7.2-gentoo/net/wireless/wl.ko needs unknown symbol vsprintf
depmod: WARNING: //lib/modules/4.7.2-gentoo/net/wireless/wl.ko needs unknown symbol rfkill_unregister
depmod: WARNING: //lib/modules/4.7.2-gentoo/net/wireless/wl.ko needs unknown symbol cfg80211_scan_done
depmod: WARNING: //lib/modules/4.7.2-gentoo/net/wireless/wl.ko needs unknown symbol unregister_netdev
depmod: WARNING: //lib/modules/4.7.2-gentoo/net/wireless/wl.ko needs unknown symbol up
depmod: WARNING: //lib/modules/4.7.2-gentoo/net/wireless/wl.ko needs unknown symbol iounmap
depmod: WARNING: //lib/modules/4.7.2-gentoo/net/wireless/wl.ko needs unknown symbol rfkill_destroy
depmod: WARNING: //lib/modules/4.7.2-gentoo/net/wireless/wl.ko needs unknown symbol cfg80211_disconnected
depmod: WARNING: //lib/modules/4.7.2-gentoo/net/wireless/wl.ko needs unknown symbol ether_setup
depmod: WARNING: //lib/modules/4.7.2-gentoo/net/wireless/wl.ko needs unknown symbol alloc_netdev_mqs
depmod: WARNING: //lib/modules/4.7.2-gentoo/net/wireless/wl.ko needs unknown symbol wiphy_new_nm
depmod: WARNING: //lib/modules/4.7.2-gentoo/net/wireless/wl.ko needs unknown symbol cfg80211_connect_bss
depmod: WARNING: //lib/modules/4.7.2-gentoo/net/wireless/wl.ko needs unknown symbol wiphy_register
depmod: WARNING: //lib/modules/4.7.2-gentoo/net/wireless/wl.ko needs unknown symbol rfkill_init_sw_state
depmod: WARNING: //lib/modules/4.7.2-gentoo/net/wireless/wl.ko needs unknown symbol ioremap_nocache
depmod: WARNING: //lib/modules/4.7.2-gentoo/net/wireless/wl.ko needs unknown symbol cfg80211_put_bss
depmod: WARNING: //lib/modules/4.7.2-gentoo/net/wireless/wl.ko needs unknown symbol cfg80211_roamed
depmod: WARNING: //lib/modules/4.7.2-gentoo/net/wireless/wl.ko needs unknown symbol cfg80211_gtk_rekey_notify
depmod: WARNING: //lib/modules/4.7.2-gentoo/net/wireless/wl.ko needs unknown symbol cfg80211_ibss_joined
depmod: WARNING: //lib/modules/4.7.2-gentoo/net/wireless/wl.ko needs unknown symbol down
depmod: WARNING: //lib/modules/4.7.2-gentoo/net/wireless/wl.ko needs unknown symbol cfg80211_michael_mic_failure
depmod: WARNING: //lib/modules/4.7.2-gentoo/net/wireless/wl.ko needs unknown symbol register_netdev
depmod: WARNING: //lib/modules/4.7.2-gentoo/net/wireless/wl.ko needs unknown symbol wiphy_unregister
depmod: WARNING: //lib/modules/4.7.2-gentoo/net/wireless/wl.ko needs unknown symbol rfkill_set_hw_state
depmod: WARNING: //lib/modules/4.7.2-gentoo/net/wireless/wl.ko needs unknown symbol rfkill_alloc
depmod: WARNING: //lib/modules/4.7.2-gentoo/net/wireless/wl.ko needs unknown symbol cfg80211_get_bss
depmod: WARNING: //lib/modules/4.7.2-gentoo/net/wireless/wl.ko needs unknown symbol netif_tx_wake_queue
depmod: WARNING: //lib/modules/4.7.2-gentoo/net/wireless/wl.ko needs unknown symbol __ieee80211_get_channel
depmod: WARNING: //lib/modules/4.7.2-gentoo/net/wireless/wl.ko needs unknown symbol netif_rx
depmod: WARNING: //lib/modules/4.7.2-gentoo/net/wireless/wl.ko needs unknown symbol rfkill_register
depmod: WARNING: //lib/modules/4.7.2-gentoo/net/wireless/wl.ko needs unknown symbol __dev_kfree_skb_any
depmod: WARNING: //lib/modules/4.7.2-gentoo/net/wireless/wl.ko needs unknown symbol filp_close
depmod: WARNING: //lib/modules/4.7.2-gentoo/net/wireless/wl.ko needs unknown symbol ieee80211_channel_to_frequency
depmod: WARNING: //lib/modules/4.7.2-gentoo/net/wireless/wl.ko needs unknown symbol down_interruptible
depmod: WARNING: //lib/modules/4.7.2-gentoo/net/wireless/wl.ko needs unknown symbol cfg80211_report_wowlan_wakeup
depmod: WARNING: //lib/modules/4.7.2-gentoo/net/wireless/wl.ko needs unknown symbol cfg80211_inform_bss_data
depmod: WARNING: //lib/modules/4.7.2-gentoo/net/wireless/wl.ko needs unknown symbol ieee80211_frequency_to_channel
depmod: WARNING: //lib/modules/4.7.2-gentoo/net/wireless/wl.ko needs unknown symbol wiphy_free

Comment 2 Marcin Szamotulski 2016-08-30 21:23:03 UTC

Created attachment 444488 [details]
emerge info

Comment 3 Matt Turner gentoo-dev

2016-09-03 19:44:41 UTC

I was going to ask if you'd built your kernel with support for cfg80211, but I see other missing symbols like vsprintf and iounmap. I think there's something wrong with your kernel or your system.

Comment 4 Matt Turner gentoo-dev

2016-11-21 04:19:57 UTC

Please try broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271-r4