wl-kmod - Kernel module for Broadcom wireless devices
| Website: | https://www.broadcom.com/support/download-search?pg=Legacy+Products&pf=Legacy+Wireless&pn=&pa=&po=&dk=&pl= |
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| License: | Redistributable, no modification permitted |
| Vendor: | RPM Fusion |
- Description:
These packages contain Broadcom's IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n hybrid Linux device driver for use with Broadcom's BCM4311-, BCM4312-, BCM4313-, BCM4321-, BCM4322-, BCM43142-, BCM43224-, BCM43225-, BCM43227-, BCM43228-, BCM4331-, BCM4360 and -BCM4352- based hardware. NOTE: You must read the LICENSE.txt file in the docs directory before using this software. You should read the fedora.readme file in the docs directory in order to know how to configure this software if you encounter problems while boot sequence or with the CFG80211 API (revert to the WEXT API). Important warning: this module has reached the end of support from Broadcom. It is therefore exposed to Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE). More information on the concerned CVE could be obtained here: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord/SearchResults?query=broadcom+wl+WiFi+driver
Packages
| wl-kmod-6.30.223.271-57.fc42.src [5.5 MiB] |
Changelog
by Nicolas Viéville (2025-06-17):
- makefile: replace EXTRA_CFLAGS and EXTRA_LDFLAGS with ccflags-y and ldflags-y - Add MODULE_DESCRIPTION macro - Disable objtool and added CVE warning to description in SPEC file - Important warning: this module has reached the end of support from Broadcom. It is therefore exposed to Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE). More information on the concerned CVE could be obtained here: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord/SearchResults?query=broadcom+wl+WiFi+driver - Add last kernel version release for RHEL 9.x - Fix SPEC file for RHEL 10.x - Add patch for kernel >= 6.15 - RFBZ#7258 |