[Hardy, Intrepid] SRU: Update broadcom driver in LRM to latest version from Broadcom

[Amit Kucheria]

On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 10:05:49AM +0200, Stefan Bader wrote:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/292450
> 
> 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. Since 
> the change is large (even more since it contains binary only parts) it can be 
> found at the following location:
> 
> http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=smb/ubuntu-intrepid-lrm.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/bug292450
> 
> 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.

ACK based on good user feedback and sufficient testing

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