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

[Amit Ugol]

The package from master is pretty old and needs to be updated with the
latest version of the driver (6.30.223.141). also there is already a patch
for it (check arch's AUR for that)


On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 3:40 PM, Sebastian Arcus <s.arcus at open-t.co.uk>wrote:

> 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.
>
>
> </snip>
>
> 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'
>
>
>
>
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