[Hardy, Intrepid] SRU: Update broadcom driver in LRM to latest version from Broadcom
Stefan Bader
stefan.bader at canonical.com
Thu Apr 16 16:20:29 UTC 2009
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.
>
Pushed on Intrepid and uploaded for Hardy.
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