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Tentative patch for broadcom-wl 6.30.223.271 driver for Linux 6.17-rc1
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broadcom-wl-fix-linux-6.17.patch
From 7c805f65d72befd067ad63387aaa94b764d3f70d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Joan=20Bruguera=20Mic=C3=B3?= <[email protected]>
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2025 22:14:42 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Tentative patch for broadcom-wl 6.30.223.271 driver for Linux
6.17-rc1
Some function prototype updates, rel. commit "wifi: cfg80211/mac80211:
Add support to get radio index" (Roopni Devanathan, 15 Jun 2025)
---
src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c b/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c
index fa9d75e..205c5dd 100644
--- a/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c
+++ b/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c
@@ -68,7 +68,11 @@ wl_cfg80211_scan(struct wiphy *wiphy,
static s32 wl_cfg80211_scan(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *ndev,
struct cfg80211_scan_request *request);
#endif
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(6, 17, 0)
+static s32 wl_cfg80211_set_wiphy_params(struct wiphy *wiphy, int radio_idx, u32 changed);
+#else
static s32 wl_cfg80211_set_wiphy_params(struct wiphy *wiphy, u32 changed);
+#endif
static s32 wl_cfg80211_join_ibss(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
struct cfg80211_ibss_params *params);
static s32 wl_cfg80211_leave_ibss(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev);
@@ -87,7 +91,10 @@ static int wl_cfg80211_connect(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
struct cfg80211_connect_params *sme);
static s32 wl_cfg80211_disconnect(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev, u16 reason_code);
-#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(3, 8, 0)
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(6, 17, 0)
+static s32 wl_cfg80211_set_tx_power(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct wireless_dev *wdev, int radio_idx,
+ enum nl80211_tx_power_setting type, s32 dbm);
+#elif LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(3, 8, 0)
static s32
wl_cfg80211_set_tx_power(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct wireless_dev *wdev,
enum nl80211_tx_power_setting type, s32 dbm);
@@ -99,7 +106,10 @@ static s32 wl_cfg80211_set_tx_power(struct wiphy *wiphy,
enum tx_power_setting type, s32 dbm);
#endif
-#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(6, 14, 0)
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(6, 17, 0)
+static s32 wl_cfg80211_get_tx_power(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct wireless_dev *wdev, int radio_idx,
+ u32 link_id, s32 *dbm);
+#elif LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(6, 14, 0)
static s32 wl_cfg80211_get_tx_power(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct wireless_dev *wdev, u32 /*link_id*/, s32 *dbm);
#elif LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(3, 8, 0)
static s32 wl_cfg80211_get_tx_power(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct wireless_dev *wdev, s32 *dbm);
@@ -659,7 +669,11 @@ static s32 wl_set_retry(struct net_device *dev, u32 retry, bool l)
return err;
}
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(6, 17, 0)
+static s32 wl_cfg80211_set_wiphy_params(struct wiphy *wiphy, int radio_idx, u32 changed)
+#else
static s32 wl_cfg80211_set_wiphy_params(struct wiphy *wiphy, u32 changed)
+#endif
{
struct wl_cfg80211_priv *wl = wiphy_to_wl(wiphy);
struct net_device *ndev = wl_to_ndev(wl);
@@ -1093,7 +1107,10 @@ wl_cfg80211_disconnect(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev, u16 reason_c
return err;
}
-#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(3, 8, 0)
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(6, 17, 0)
+static s32 wl_cfg80211_set_tx_power(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct wireless_dev *wdev, int radio_idx,
+ enum nl80211_tx_power_setting type, s32 dbm)
+#elif LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(3, 8, 0)
static s32
wl_cfg80211_set_tx_power(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct wireless_dev *wdev,
enum nl80211_tx_power_setting type, s32 dbm)
@@ -1154,7 +1171,10 @@ wl_cfg80211_set_tx_power(struct wiphy *wiphy, enum tx_power_setting type, s32 db
return err;
}
-#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(6, 14, 0)
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(6, 17, 0)
+static s32 wl_cfg80211_get_tx_power(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct wireless_dev *wdev, int radio_idx,
+ u32 link_id, s32 *dbm)
+#elif LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(6, 14, 0)
static s32 wl_cfg80211_get_tx_power(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct wireless_dev *wdev, u32 /*link_id*/, s32 *dbm)
#elif LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(3, 8, 0)
static s32 wl_cfg80211_get_tx_power(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct wireless_dev *wdev, s32 *dbm)
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grandtoubab commented Oct 17, 2025

Hello all
Same case on Debian. With the patch of Satmandu I was able to install 6.17.3-x64v2-xanmod1 kernel and wifi is ok!

broadcom-sta-dkms/unstable,now 6.30.223.271-28 amd64 [installé]

root@debian:/usr/src/broadcom-sta-6.30.223.271/src/wl/sys# patch wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c < /home/guy/Linux/broadcom/broadcom-wl-fix-linux-6.17.patch
patching file wl_cfg80211_hybrid.c


/lib/modules/6.17.3-x64v2-xanmod1/updates/dkms$ ls -alrt
total 8968
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root    4096 17 oct.  16:56 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    4096 17 oct.  16:56 .
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9174381 17 oct.  16:56 wl.ko

...
lspci -nnk | grep -i broad -A2
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Inc. and subsidiaries BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter [14e4:4727] (rev 01)
DeviceName: Broadcom 802.11n+BT combo module
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1483]
Kernel driver in use: wl

uname -a
Linux debian 6.17.3-x64v2-xanmod1 #0~20251016.g8be7ecd SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Oct 16 05:17:56 UTC x86_64 GNU/Linux

Thhanks to all

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