Broadcom wireless-bcm43142 driver

6.20.55.19, patched to support kernels 3.1+, 3.4+, 3.6, and some fixes

To install via apt (and get potential updates):

sudo apt-get install wireless-bcm43142-dkms

To get the source used to debuild the dkms package:

apt-get source wireless-bcm43142-dkms

Or directly browse the directory to get the deb package or sources used to build it

- debian packaging based on that of broadcom-sta's, maintaining copyright file
- changelog builds on changelog of the dkms package shipped on Dell laptops (Inspiron/Vostro) with Ubuntu 11.10 (oneiric). [1]
- From changelog, for debian/patches:

 - Make all patches compliant with dep3 format.
 - Add 01-Makefile: Use cfg80211 on 3.x kernels, require amd64, cleanup
 - Sync 02-license: Attribute Dan Baumann, update patch for 6.20.55.19
 - Sync 03-rename-to-wlan0: Attribute Cyril Lacoux, refresh patch
 - Add 04-linux-semaphore-include: patch all three headers that declare
   semaphore structure and use semaphore functions (wl_iw.h, wl_linux.h,
   and wl_cfg80211.h). See patch header for more details
 - Rename 06-3.2.0 to 05-kernel_3.1_onwards.patch: Refresh, and update
   the check to >= 3.1.0, because this is when ndo_set_multicast_list
   was actually dropped, and not in 3.2.0
 - Import 06-user_ioctl_reqs.patch with relevant code from #672677,
   attribute Cyril Lacoux, and simplify rssi error handling & return
 - Add 07-kernel_3.4_onwards: include asm/system.h iff kernel < 3.4
 - Add 08-kernel_3.6_onwards: nl80211: move scan API to wdev

[1] Original source package repacked from original dkms deb package that was pre-installed on Dell Vostro/Inspiron laptops shipped with Ubuntu.
Until this date, only an older v5.100.82.112 is available from Broadcom's 802.11 Linux STA driver page. (i.e. no BCM43142 support)
Contacted Broadcom on 19/10/2012, to update their linux driver page to add this new (beta) driver.
Contacted canonical maintainer of the original Ubuntu oneiric package, Hsin-Yi Chen (hychen), the email bounced.

This software is experimental, Use at your own risk.

E-mail: jasmine.aura at google's mail. Last-Updated: 2012-10-25