Package broadcom-wl removed from the Archlinux Repositories

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As of December 2024, Arch Linux has removed the broadcom-wl package, caused by issues building it?

at the very moment broadcom-wl-dkms is also broken it seems.

but should be resolved soon.

There was a report already, but the package is still not working:

Everyone having such hardware should be aware of non working wifi.

So fun fact both packages are back and working.

https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/broadcom-wl/
https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/broadcom-wl-dkms/

Case closed.

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3

to be honest, mine is still not working even after updating to the new package. Should I call an exorcist? :fearful:

4

you are fully updated? using broadcom-wl-dkms or broadcom-wl package?
In case dkms check the output when reinstalling the package.

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tried with both wl-dkms and wl (never heard of ql) but neither works :\

Building module(s).....(bad exit status: 2)
Failed command:
arch='x86_64' kernelver='6.13.1-arch1-1' ./driverctl make all

Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.13.1-arch1-1 (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build/make.log for more information.

and the error log is as following

DKMS (dkms-3.1.5) make.log for rtl88x2bu/5.13.1 for kernel 6.13.1-arch1-1 (x86_64)

Cleaning build area
# command: make clean
#make -C /lib/modules/6.13.1-arch1-1/build M=/var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build clean
cd hal ; rm -fr */*/*/*.mod.c */*/*/*.mod */*/*/*.o */*/*/.*.cmd */*/*/*.ko
cd hal ; rm -fr */*/*.mod.c */*/*.mod */*/*.o */*/.*.cmd */*/*.ko
cd hal ; rm -fr */*.mod.c */*.mod */*.o */.*.cmd */*.ko
cd hal ; rm -fr *.mod.c *.mod *.o .*.cmd *.ko
cd core ; rm -fr */*.mod.c */*.mod */*.o */.*.cmd */*.ko
cd core ; rm -fr *.mod.c *.mod *.o .*.cmd *.ko
cd os_dep/linux ; rm -fr *.mod.c *.mod *.o .*.cmd *.ko
cd os_dep ; rm -fr *.mod.c *.mod *.o .*.cmd *.ko
cd platform ; rm -fr *.mod.c *.mod *.o .*.cmd *.ko
rm -fr Module.symvers ; rm -fr Module.markers ; rm -fr modules.order
rm -fr *.mod.c *.mod *.o .*.cmd *.ko *~
rm -fr .tmp_versions
rm -fr MOK.der MOK.priv

# exit code: 0
# elapsed time: 00:00:00
Building module(s)
# command: arch='x86_64' kernelver='6.13.1-arch1-1' ./driverctl make all
make ARCH=x86_64 CROSS_COMPILE= -C /lib/modules/6.13.1-arch1-1/build M=/var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build  modules
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/lib/modules/6.13.1-arch1-1/build'
make[2]: Entering directory '/var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build'
  CC [M]  core/rtw_cmd.o
  CC [M]  core/rtw_security.o
  CC [M]  core/rtw_debug.o
  CC [M]  core/rtw_io.o
  CC [M]  core/rtw_ioctl_query.o
  CC [M]  core/rtw_ioctl_set.o
  CC [M]  core/rtw_ieee80211.o
  CC [M]  core/rtw_mlme.o
  CC [M]  core/rtw_mlme_ext.o
  CC [M]  core/rtw_mi.o
  CC [M]  core/rtw_wlan_util.o
  CC [M]  core/rtw_vht.o
  CC [M]  core/rtw_pwrctrl.o
  CC [M]  core/rtw_rf.o
  CC [M]  core/rtw_chplan.o
  CC [M]  core/monitor/rtw_radiotap.o
  CC [M]  core/rtw_recv.o
  CC [M]  core/rtw_sta_mgt.o
  CC [M]  core/rtw_ap.o
  CC [M]  core/wds/rtw_wds.o
  CC [M]  core/mesh/rtw_mesh.o
  CC [M]  core/mesh/rtw_mesh_pathtbl.o
  CC [M]  core/mesh/rtw_mesh_hwmp.o
  CC [M]  core/rtw_xmit.o
  CC [M]  core/rtw_p2p.o
  CC [M]  core/rtw_rson.o
  CC [M]  core/rtw_tdls.o
  CC [M]  core/rtw_br_ext.o
  CC [M]  core/rtw_iol.o
  CC [M]  core/rtw_sreset.o
  CC [M]  core/rtw_btcoex_wifionly.o
  CC [M]  core/rtw_btcoex.o
  CC [M]  core/rtw_beamforming.o
  CC [M]  core/rtw_odm.o
  CC [M]  core/rtw_rm.o
  CC [M]  core/rtw_rm_fsm.o
  CC [M]  core/rtw_ft.o
  CC [M]  core/rtw_wnm.o
  CC [M]  core/rtw_mbo.o
  CC [M]  core/rtw_rm_util.o
  CC [M]  core/efuse/rtw_efuse.o
  CC [M]  core/rtw_roch.o
  CC [M]  core/crypto/aes-internal.o
  CC [M]  core/crypto/aes-internal-enc.o
  CC [M]  core/crypto/aes-gcm.o
  CC [M]  core/crypto/aes-ccm.o
  CC [M]  core/crypto/aes-omac1.o
  CC [M]  core/crypto/ccmp.o
  CC [M]  core/crypto/gcmp.o
  CC [M]  core/crypto/aes-siv.o
  CC [M]  core/crypto/aes-ctr.o
  CC [M]  core/crypto/sha256-internal.o
  CC [M]  core/crypto/sha256.o
  CC [M]  core/crypto/sha256-prf.o
  CC [M]  core/crypto/rtw_crypto_wrap.o
  CC [M]  core/rtw_swcrypto.o
  CC [M]  os_dep/osdep_service.o
  CC [M]  os_dep/linux/os_intfs.o
  CC [M]  os_dep/linux/usb_intf.o
  CC [M]  os_dep/linux/usb_ops_linux.o
  CC [M]  os_dep/linux/ioctl_linux.o
  CC [M]  os_dep/linux/xmit_linux.o
  CC [M]  os_dep/linux/mlme_linux.o
  CC [M]  os_dep/linux/recv_linux.o
  CC [M]  os_dep/linux/ioctl_cfg80211.o
  CC [M]  os_dep/linux/rtw_cfgvendor.o
  CC [M]  os_dep/linux/wifi_regd.o
  CC [M]  os_dep/linux/rtw_android.o
  CC [M]  os_dep/linux/rtw_proc.o
  CC [M]  os_dep/linux/nlrtw.o
In file included from /usr/lib/modules/6.13.1-arch1-1/build/include/linux/module.h:22,
                 from ././include/basic_types.h:76,
                 from ././include/drv_types.h:26,
                 from os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:17:
os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:35:26: error: expected ‘,’ or ‘;’ before ‘VFS_internal_I_am_really_a_filesystem_and_am_NOT_a_driver’
   35 |         MODULE_IMPORT_NS(VFS_internal_I_am_really_a_filesystem_and_am_NOT_a_driver);
      |                          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/lib/modules/6.13.1-arch1-1/build/include/linux/moduleparam.h:26:61: note: in definition of macro ‘__MODULE_INFO’
   26 |                 = __MODULE_INFO_PREFIX __stringify(tag) "=" info
      |                                                             ^~~~
/usr/lib/modules/6.13.1-arch1-1/build/include/linux/module.h:299:33: note: in expansion of macro ‘MODULE_INFO’
  299 | #define MODULE_IMPORT_NS(ns)    MODULE_INFO(import_ns, ns)
      |                                 ^~~~~~~~~~~
os_dep/linux/os_intfs.c:35:9: note: in expansion of macro ‘MODULE_IMPORT_NS’
   35 |         MODULE_IMPORT_NS(VFS_internal_I_am_really_a_filesystem_and_am_NOT_a_driver);
      |         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  CC [M]  os_dep/linux/rtw_rhashtable.o
make[4]: *** [/usr/lib/modules/6.13.1-arch1-1/build/scripts/Makefile.build:194: os_dep/linux/os_intfs.o] Error 1
make[4]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
os_dep/linux/ioctl_cfg80211.c:10524:32: error: initialization of ‘int (*)(struct wiphy *, struct net_device *, struct cfg80211_chan_def *)’ from incompatible pointer type ‘int (*)(struct wiphy *, struct cfg80211_chan_def *)’ [-Wincompatible-pointer-types]
10524 |         .set_monitor_channel = cfg80211_rtw_set_monitor_channel,
      |                                ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
os_dep/linux/ioctl_cfg80211.c:10524:32: note: (near initialization for ‘rtw_cfg80211_ops.set_monitor_channel’)
make[4]: *** [/usr/lib/modules/6.13.1-arch1-1/build/scripts/Makefile.build:194: os_dep/linux/ioctl_cfg80211.o] Error 1
make[3]: *** [/usr/lib/modules/6.13.1-arch1-1/build/Makefile:1989: .] Error 2
make[2]: *** [/usr/lib/modules/6.13.1-arch1-1/build/Makefile:251: __sub-make] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/var/lib/dkms/rtl88x2bu/5.13.1/build'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:251: __sub-make] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/lib/modules/6.13.1-arch1-1/build'
make: *** [Makefile:2530: modules] Error 2

# exit code: 2
# elapsed time: 00:00:09
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This is mentioned repeatedly in the output - this is not a Broadcom card, it is a Realtek card.

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dang, sometime I should not trust my memory. Then I am even more puzzled, because after the latest update, the wifi dongle isn’t working anymore.

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broadcom-wl and broadcom-wl-dkms are both packages from official Archlinux-Repository, your output looks more like compiling than updating the modules.

So what are you updating exactly?

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I moved here to avoid hijacking this thread :slight_smile:

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