Bug 985156 - kmod-wl (wl.ko) is NOT updated when there is a new kernel, resulting in faulty Wi-Fi.
Summary: kmod-wl (wl.ko) is NOT updated when there is a new kernel, resulting in fault...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kmod
Version: 19
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kmod development team
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-07-17 00:45 UTC by Andre Gompel
Modified: 2013-07-17 00:48 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2013-07-17 00:48:02 UTC
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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.
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