[Slackbuilds-users] Tested Broadcom-sta in 14.1 - won't build

[Sebastian Arcus]

I've tested the broadcom-sta package from SBo on 14.1 and it fails with 
the error message below. Is there any chance this is fixable in SBo or 
in Slackware directly - or is it something that has to be fixed 
upstream? I have a new laptop with the BCM43228 chip - and I believe the 
Broadcom-sta package is the only way to get it working under Linux - so 
I'm stuck with no wifi at the moment.


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Using Wireless Extension API
   LD      /tmp/SBo/build-broadcom-sta/built-in.o
   CC [M]  /tmp/SBo/build-broadcom-sta/src/shared/linux_osl.o
   CC [M]  /tmp/SBo/build-broadcom-sta/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.o
/tmp/SBo/build-broadcom-sta/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c: In function 
'wl_tkip_printstats':
/tmp/SBo/build-broadcom-sta/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:2973:7: warning: 
passing argument 1 of 'wl->tkipmodops->print_stats' from incompatible 
pointer type [enabled by default]
        wl->tkip_bcast_data[idx]);
        ^
/tmp/SBo/build-broadcom-sta/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:2973:7: note: expected 
'struct seq_file *' but argument is of type 'char *'
/tmp/SBo/build-broadcom-sta/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:2976:4: warning: 
passing argument 1 of 'wl->tkipmodops->print_stats' from incompatible 
pointer type [enabled by default]
     wl->tkipmodops->print_stats(debug_buf, wl->tkip_ucast_data);
     ^
/tmp/SBo/build-broadcom-sta/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:2976:4: note: expected 
'struct seq_file *' but argument is of type 'char *'
/tmp/SBo/build-broadcom-sta/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c: In function 
'wl_reg_proc_entry':
/tmp/SBo/build-broadcom-sta/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:3183:2: error: 
implicit declaration of function 'create_proc_entry' 
[-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
   if ((wl->proc_entry = create_proc_entry(tmp, 0644, NULL)) == NULL) {
   ^
/tmp/SBo/build-broadcom-sta/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:3183:22: warning: 
assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast [enabled by default]
   if ((wl->proc_entry = create_proc_entry(tmp, 0644, NULL)) == NULL) {
                       ^
/tmp/SBo/build-broadcom-sta/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:3188:16: error: 
dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
   wl->proc_entry->read_proc = wl_proc_read;
                 ^
/tmp/SBo/build-broadcom-sta/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:3189:16: error: 
dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
   wl->proc_entry->write_proc = wl_proc_write;
                 ^
/tmp/SBo/build-broadcom-sta/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:3190:16: error: 
dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
   wl->proc_entry->data = wl;
                 ^
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
make[1]: *** [/tmp/SBo/build-broadcom-sta/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.o] Error 1
make: *** [_module_/tmp/SBo/build-broadcom-sta] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-3.10.17'