Starting with the 6.12 dist-kernel we no longer support the broadcom-sta driver out the box. This is due to Fedora removing CONFIG_RTLLIB which in turn unsets CONFIG_LIB80211. I've been unable to find out why Fedora has unset this, so for now recording as a bug. No build log provided as it doesn't provide any useful error and instead found the cause and solution by testing every module the ebuild checks for.
It is also possible to set CONFIG_LIB80211 by setting CONFIG_IPW2100 or CONFIG_IPW2200 as well, however I can't find a time when we ever set this in the kernel.
Created attachment 917713 [details, diff] broadcom-wl-fix-linux-6.13.patch Looks like the lib80211 code is being merged into libiw with 6.13 which could be the cause of the drop from the defconfig. Someone with access with a broadcom wifi card will need to take it from here however the 6.13 patch should allow to bypass the need to use lib80211 but I'm shooting in the dark at this point.
lib80211 merge into libiw - https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/71e0ad345163c150ea15434b37036b0678d5f6f4
(In reply to immolo from comment #2) > Created attachment 917713 [details, diff] [details, diff] > broadcom-wl-fix-linux-6.13.patch > > Looks like the lib80211 code is being merged into libiw with 6.13 which > could be the cause of the drop from the defconfig. > > Someone with access with a broadcom wifi card will need to take it from here > however the 6.13 patch should allow to bypass the need to use lib80211 but > I'm shooting in the dark at this point. I own a Macbook Pro 2012 (A1278) which uses this wifi card, and I've tested the provided "broadcom-wl-fix-linux-6.13.patch" on this machine. When applied alongside the patch from PR https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/40391, it works and successfully removes any dependency on CONFIG_IPW2100 or CONFIG_IPW2200 for this driver on kernels 6.12 and 6.13.
Created attachment 918631 [details] broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271-r8.ebuild
(In reply to Sam Petch from comment #4) > (In reply to immolo from comment #2) > > Created attachment 917713 [details, diff] [details, diff] [details, diff] > > broadcom-wl-fix-linux-6.13.patch > > > > Looks like the lib80211 code is being merged into libiw with 6.13 which > > could be the cause of the drop from the defconfig. > > > > Someone with access with a broadcom wifi card will need to take it from here > > however the 6.13 patch should allow to bypass the need to use lib80211 but > > I'm shooting in the dark at this point. > > I own a Macbook Pro 2012 (A1278) which uses this wifi card, and I've tested > the provided "broadcom-wl-fix-linux-6.13.patch" on this machine. > > When applied alongside the patch from PR > https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/40391, it works and successfully > removes any dependency on CONFIG_IPW2100 or CONFIG_IPW2200 for this driver > on kernels 6.12 and 6.13. Here is the updated ebuild I used to build the package. I needed to comment out the checks for CONFIG_IPW2100, CONFIG_IPW2200 and LIB80211_CRYPT_TKIP to get it to unpack, plus change the corresponding CONFIG_CHECK2.
Could you please add a new config check for 6.12+ which reflects these changes and add it to your PR at https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/40391
Yes, I can do that.
Thank you! Please remember to include that it closes down this bug as well like you did for the other one.
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=e20d1bb6aceb42070277eb784f1462a082b57ba9 commit e20d1bb6aceb42070277eb784f1462a082b57ba9 Author: Sam Petch <111785134+spetch0x5F@users.noreply.github.com> AuthorDate: 2025-02-12 06:17:32 +0000 Commit: Florian Schmaus <flow@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2025-02-24 09:26:19 +0000 net-wireless/broadcom-sta: handle new headers Handle new header name in kernels >=6.12, handle 6.13 lib80211 code merge into libiw and fix pointer mismatch compiler error for 6.14 [flow: adjust commit message] Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/947928 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/948947 Closes: https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/40391 Signed-off-by: Sam Petch <111785134+spetch0x5F@users.noreply.github.com> Signed-off-by: Florian Schmaus <flow@gentoo.org> ....ebuild => broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271-r8.ebuild} | 10 ++++-- .../broadcom-sta/files/001-null-pointer-fix.patch | 10 ++---- net-wireless/broadcom-sta/files/002-rdtscl.patch | 5 ++- net-wireless/broadcom-sta/files/003-linux47.patch | 4 +-- net-wireless/broadcom-sta/files/004-linux48.patch | 6 ---- net-wireless/broadcom-sta/files/006-linux411.patch | 2 -- net-wireless/broadcom-sta/files/007-linux412.patch | 6 ---- net-wireless/broadcom-sta/files/008-linux415.patch | 4 +-- .../files/009-fix_mac_profile_discrepancy.patch | 4 +-- net-wireless/broadcom-sta/files/010-linux56.patch | 4 --- net-wireless/broadcom-sta/files/011-linux59.patch | 18 ---------- net-wireless/broadcom-sta/files/012-linux517.patch | 6 ---- net-wireless/broadcom-sta/files/013-linux518.patch | 5 ++- net-wireless/broadcom-sta/files/014-linux414.patch | 6 ---- net-wireless/broadcom-sta/files/015-linux600.patch | 6 ---- net-wireless/broadcom-sta/files/016-linux601.patch | 5 ++- .../files/017-handle-new-header-name-6.12.patch | 33 ++++++++++++++++++ .../files/018-broadcom-wl-fix-linux-6.13.patch | 27 +++++++++++++++ .../files/019-broadcom-wl-fix-linux-6.14.patch | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 19 files changed, 122 insertions(+), 79 deletions(-)
