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 [solved] broadcom wl.ko doesnt build with linux-3.4

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ralul:
Linx-3.4 headers miss a system.h for building a proprietary broadcom-sta wl.ko module

dkms doesnt recognize architecture. I edited the Makefile to run compilation by hand this command:


--- Code: ---KVER=3.4-0.towo.4-siduction-amd64 \
KDIR=/lib/modules/3.4-0.towo.4-siduction-amd64/build\ KERNELRELEASE=3.4-0.towo.4-siduction-amd64 make all

/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/5.100.82.112/build/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:43:24: fatal error: asm/system.h: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden

--- End code ---

Also openSUSE doesn't build wl.ko
Both build Nvidia.
Both linux-3.4 header directories
miss arch/x86/system.h
but arch/arm/system.h exists for SUSE headers

PS: I need to use the proprietary broadcom-sta,
because of my very special Mac Mini Hardware:
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom
Corporation BCM4321 802.11a/b/g/n [14e4:4328](rev 05)

I will have to use old linux kernels all my life :(

ralul:
This surely is not a bug of siduction but upstream!
Posting here to remind people having the same hardware ...

Found a patch to just let system.h go away:

--- Code: ------ a/amd64/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c
+++ b/amd64/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@
 #include <linux>
 #define WLC_MAXBSSCFG          1

+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(3, 4, 0)
 #include <asm>
+#endif
 #include <asm>
 #include <asm>
 #include <asm>
--- a/i386/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c
+++ b/i386/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@
 #include <linux>
 #define WLC_MAXBSSCFG          1

+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(3, 4, 0)
 #include <asm>
+#endif
 #include <asm>
 #include <asm>
 #include <asm>
--- End code ---

towo:
I have uploaded a fixed broadcom-sta to our fixes repo.
Tested only over module-assistant, so i can't say, if dkms is also working.

ralul:
Yes that is another problem - not finding the right architecture. But it is a dkms problem! But I wonder why nvidia works? Perhaps the second call to dkms gets an arch parameter lost ?

towo:
Finding the right ARCH should work with the code in the Makefile.
The code works without problem by hand:

--- Code: ---
towo:Defiant> egrep 'CONFIG_X86_(32|64)=y' /lib/modules/3.4-0.towo.4-siduction-amd64/build/.config | cut -d= -f1
CONFIG_X86_64

--- End code ---

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