[Sid] broadcom-sta-dkms build problem

[Greg <pld@sojka.co>]

Hi there,

I'm trying to install broadcom-sta-dkms on Sid. Unfortunately:

apt-install broadcom-sta-dkms
Installing:
  broadcom-sta-dkms
.....
make -j24 KERNELRELEASE=6.16.7+deb14-amd64 KVER=6.16.7+deb14-amd64

Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.16.7+deb14-amd64 
(x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.271/build/make.log for more 
information.
...

# cat /var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.271/build/make.log
DKMS (dkms-3.2.2) make.log for broadcom-sta/6.30.223.271 for kernel 
6.16.7+deb14-amd64 (x86_64)
Fri Sep 19 09:02:31 UTC 2025

Building module(s)
# command: make -j24 KERNELRELEASE=6.16.7+deb14-amd64 
KVER=6.16.7+deb14-amd64
CFG80211 API is prefered for this kernel version
Makefile:91: Neither CFG80211 nor Wireless Extension is enabled in kernel
KBUILD_NOPEDANTIC=1 make -C /lib/modules/6.16.7+deb14-amd64/build M=`pwd`
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.16.7+deb14-amd64'
make[2]: Entering directory '/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.271/build'
CFG80211 API is prefered for this kernel version
Using CFG80211 API
Kernel architecture is X86_64
  CC [M]  src/shared/linux_osl.o
  CC [M]  src/wl/sys/wl_linux.o
  CC [M]  src/wl/sys/wl_iw.o
  CC [M]  src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211_hybrid.o
src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c: In function ‘wl_timer’:
src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:2381:17: error: implicit declaration of function 
‘from_timer’; did you mean ‘mod_timer’? [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
 2381 |                 from_timer(t, tl, timer);
      |                 ^~~~~~~~~~
      |                 mod_timer
src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:2381:35: error: ‘timer’ undeclared (first use in 
this function); did you mean ‘ktimerd’?
 2381 |                 from_timer(t, tl, timer);
      |                                   ^~~~~
      |                                   ktimerd
src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c:2381:35: note: each undeclared identifier is 
reported only once for each function it appears in
make[4]: *** 
[/usr/src/linux-headers-6.16.7+deb14-common/scripts/Makefile.build:292: 
src/wl/sys/wl_linux.o] Error 1
make[4]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make[3]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-6.16.7+deb14-common/Makefile:2027: 
.] Error 2
make[2]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-6.16.7+deb14-common/Makefile:260: 
__sub-make] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-sta/6.30.223.271/build'
make[1]: *** [/usr/src/linux-headers-6.16.7+deb14-common/Makefile:260: 
__sub-make] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-6.16.7+deb14-amd64'
make: *** [Makefile:183: all] Error 2


Any hints??