Comment 129 for bug 292450

Emilio, it is probably better to look in Ubuntu Forums than add comments to
this bug.

Also, you need to give more detail than just "it doesn't work."

How do you know it doesn't work? What is the specific action you are trying
now that fails?
The more specific you can be, the better the help will be.

On 19 July 2012 16:20, Emilio Merino <email address hidden> wrote:

> broadcom STA syas is cuurently OK but it dont works, please help me. I
> have a mini Dell Intell Atom N series, 12 inches.
> thanks a lot
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/292450
>
> Title:
> Broadcom STA/wl driver causes random kernel panics
>
> Status in “linux-restricted-modules” package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
> Status in “linux-restricted-modules” source package in Hardy:
> Fix Released
> Status in “linux-restricted-modules” source package in Intrepid:
> Fix Released
> Status in “linux-restricted-modules” source package in Jaunty:
> Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> SRU justification:
>
> Impact: The current broadcom driver (wl.ko) seems to have several
> issues during operation. Reported have been random crashes between 5 a
> day to only 1 every 4 days.
>
> Fix: The latest driver from broadcom had positive feedback on Jaunty and
> has been released there. This is the backport of that driver for intrepid.
> The same code is intended to get ported to Hardy LRM. This would sync up
> the Hardy codebase with the Intrepid and Jaunty layout. So this would yield
> bug fixes and ease maintenance.
>
> Changes are local to wl.ko only.
>
> Testcase: Generic usage will sometimes cause panics.
>
> ---
>
> The new wl driver(Broadcom STA) randomly causes my Dell Inspiron E1505
> to experience kernel panics. I haven't been able to get a picture of
> the kernel panic though. The kernel panic happens randomly, sometimes
> even during bootup.
>
> The reason why I know its from the wl driver is because, I was using
> the b43 driver back on hardy. When the new broadcom driver was
> released, I manually compiled it and installed it. The driver kept
> randomly causing kernel panics on my system. When I blacklisted the
> driver and reverted back to b43, no more kernel panics. I wiped my
> disk down and installed intrepid and set my system to use the new wl
> driver again. The kernel panics started all over again. When I changed
> to the b43 driver, the kernel panics disappeared.
>
> The system can sometimes run for 4/5 days before experiencing a kernel
> panic and at other times, I can get about 5 kernel panics in a day. I
> googled around and found a few people on both the ubuntu and debian
> forums having the same problem with different systems and different
> broadcom cards but same driver.
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