Ubuntu
bcmwl package

  1. Bug #1595765
  2. Comment #15

Comment 15 for bug 1595765

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Terry L. Triplett (terry-triplett) wrote :

I encountered this bug after installing linux-generic-hwe-16.04-edge on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.

Installing the deb suggested by vgerris in comment #14 fixed the problem. The bcmwl kernel module built successfully for both the 16.04.1 kernel (kernel-4.4.0-53-generic-x86_64) and the HWE kernel (linux-generic-hwe-16.04-edge - kernel-4.8.0-30-generic-x86_64). Wireless connectivity with the new module works as before for both kernels. No issues noted after around 6 hours of use.

I recommend the fixed version of the bcmwl-kernel-source be backported to xenial since it seems to work well with both the stock kernel and the LTS enablement kernel. Alternatively, to avoid destabilizing existing LTS systems, release the updated version as part of the 16.04 HWE enablement stack. The 16.04.2 point release comes out not long from now and wireless should work with the updated kernel that will ship with it.