Nico Schlömer: >"The problem here is that we are dealing with with closed-source software, so >I cannot point to a place in the code that should be implemented differently."
Nobody expects you to point to code for closed source software, that isn't the focus of this report, nor a requirement to get his bug triaged. >"I'm also not capable of running production tests for counting the kernel oopses per day, or whatever metric the quality of a driver is measured by." Well, without some sort of number of oopses per time interval, the release(s) this happened in, and a stack trace from your logs, this bug report is useless for the purposes of dealing with your issue. If you aren't willing or capable of providing the information requested, please feel free to toggle the Status Invalid. >" All I can say is that wl oopses more frequently now than it did before." Remaining detailed and specific: 1) How many times per time interval did it oops in which release(s) exactly? 2) Could you please provide a stack trace from your logs? 2) What release was the earliest release you have tested with your hardware? >"My perception is that the old driver used to work better than Broadcom's newer release," Vague perceptions are unhelpful, and doesn't have a place here on Launchpad, a development platform. >"and the same seems to be true for many other people; see the links in the OP. This is why I opened this bug." Again, what someone else claimed with some other hardware on some forum, and linking to some trash URL is useless for the purpose of triaging your problem. >"I realize that this isn't much for you to work with. In particular, I don't expect anyone to track down the bug. This is why I suggest to not immediately discard old drivers on the arrival of a newer version." Speculation, suggestions, subjective comments, etc. are simply unhelpful here. >"The new driver still accounts for about one wifi outage per hour here. One OFF-ON on WiFi switch brings it back on." So when the WiFi goes out in Utopic, is there anything in your logs capturing a crash of some sort? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1289857 Title: offer 6.20.155.1 build in trusty To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/1289857/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs