Bug 985156

Summary:	kmod-wl (wl.ko) is NOT updated when there is a new kernel, resulting in faulty Wi-Fi.
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Andre Gompel <agompel>
Component:	kmod	Assignee:	kmod development team <kmod-maint>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Priority:	unspecified
Version:	19	CC:	jonathan, kmod-maint, msivak, vpavlin
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Last Closed:	2013-07-17 00:48:02 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Description Andre Gompel 2013-07-17 00:45:19 UTC

Description of problem:
  When a new kernel is available, the kmod-wl is not updated, resulting in failure of Wifi Communication with the Broadcom STA driver.

Package "akmods" is installed.

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How reproducible:
  SOLID

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I filed by error this as a Rawhide bug 985062, should have been Fedora 19 !

Comment 1 Josh Boyer 2013-07-17 00:48:02 UTC

Please file this against whomever you got the wl kmod from.  Fedora doesn't provide or support separate kernel module packages.  The kmod component in bugzilla is for the module-init-tools replacement.