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Hi,

I updated my system recently (albeit after a long time), and am now on the latest kernel

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Linux localhost 3.4.24-desktop586-3.mga2 #1 SMP Sat Jan 5 02:32:45 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

I have broadcom wl package installed, i was on broadcom-wl-kernel-3.3.8-desktop586-2.mga2, but now on broadcom-wl-kernel-3.4.24-desktop586-3.mga2

Before yesterday, my wireless was working perfectly. However, it doesn't seem to work any more after the update. Can someone help?

There is a bug against the same wlan adapter in cauldron, but I don't know whether it is related or not.
https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7828

Also, Sander mentioned on IRC yesterday that there is a new kernel in 2 core/updates_testing: kernel-3.4.30-1.mga2.
The first item in its changelog is:

- fix conflict on to match dkms-broadcom-wl with fixes blacklisting and aliasing

and further down:

- b43: Fix oops on unload when firmware not found

broadcom-wl-5.100.82.112-7.mga2.nonfree and
kmod-broadcom-wl-5.100.82.112-39.mga2.nonfree are both in 2_updates/testing, too, but neither of them has been rebuilt against 3.4.30, yet.

tmb, the maintainer, isn't on IRC very often, but I'll ask whether someone in QA team knows something.

The problem was rectified after latest kernel update to 3.4.32-desktop586-2.mga2