Broadcom BCM 4312 kernel 3.2

[Fintan]

I am installing kubuntu 11.10 on a friends pavilion dv6 1110 with a broadcom 4312 wifi chip.

I have also upgraded to kernel 3.2.

I have installed bcmwl-kernel-source, broadcom-sta-common and broadcom-sta-source packages, tired system->other devices->broadcom. This gives an error and jockey log tells me:

2012-03-08 08:45:28,450 DEBUG: BroadcomWLHandler enabled(): kmod disabled, bcm43xx: blacklisted, b43: blacklisted, b43legacy: blacklisted

so I went and googled a bit and found this:
http://www.mindwerks.net/2011/11/wir...12-3-2-kernel/

Which tells me download a patch which I did and after applying get this:

patching file src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c
Hunk #1 FAILED at 332.
1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c.rej

This is where my wisedom fails me. Has anyone gotten this wifi card to work with kernel 3.2?

Edit: It works with kernel 3.0

[snowflake_nz]

Hi, I'm not sure about the kernels etc.
I've got HP Pavilion DV6 and Kubuntu 11.10 with wifi issues and this help resolve the problem
http://almostconnecticut.net/linuxis...-with-kubuntu/

[Fintan]

Thanks I'll have a look at that when I get around to it and report back.

[UnLead2D]

BCM4312 does not support the broadcom-sta driver. You should use the b43 driver instead.
Issue this:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install b43-fwcutter
After this package are successfully installed:
export FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR="/lib/firmware"
wget http://www.lwfinger.com/b43-firmware...00.138.tar.bz2
tar xjf broadcom-wl-5.100.138.tar.bz2
sudo b43-fwcutter -w "$FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR" broadcom-wl-5.100.138/linux/wl_apsta.o

[wizard10000]

BCM4312 does not support the broadcom-sta driver. You should use the b43 driver instead.

I have a BCM4312 using the broadcom-sta driver.