Bug 11258 - Broadcom wl driver is out of date
Summary: Broadcom wl driver is out of date
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RPM Packages (show other bugs)
Version: 3
Hardware: All Linux
Priority: Normal enhancement
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Thomas Backlund
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Reported: 2013-09-18 19:21 CEST by Philippe Leblanc
Modified: 2014-04-24 15:49 CEST (History)
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Source RPM: kmod-broadcom-wl-5.100.82.112-83.mga3.nonfree.src.rpm
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Description Philippe Leblanc 2013-09-18 19:21:30 CEST 
Description of problem:
I just noticed that the broadcom wl driver is quite outdated. Looks like Mageia 3 is using version 5.100.82.112 which hasn't been updated since Mageia 1. Since I'm not a packager, I'm not sure if there are technical or legal difficulties in packaging newer versions of this driver, but I just wanted to point out a new version of the driver was released last week at version 6.30.223.141. This might fix some bugs, improve performance and add support for newer devices.

Here's the URL to retrieve the new driver: http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php

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Thomas Backlund 2013-09-19 22:09:47 CEST

Status: NEW => ASSIGNED
CC: (none) => tmb
Assignee: bugsquad => tmb

Comment 1 Thomas Backlund 2013-10-05 23:43:48 CEST 
There is now a broadcom-wl-6.30.223.141-1 available in nonfree updates_testing
Comment 2 Thomas Backlund 2014-04-24 15:49:43 CEST 
Fixed as of 2013-12-17:
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0371.html

Status: ASSIGNED => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED
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