Lost WiFi after kernel 3.5.1 update

[Nice10150]

This morning I installed a kernel update (3.5.1-1.fc17 x86_64) and lost my WiFi connection, I use the broadcom-wl (5.100.82.112-2 package) from rpmfusion for my BCM4312 WiFi device.

[stoat]

As of this moment, the kmod for that kernel is not yet in the RPM Fusion updates repo. It happens all the time. You have two options: 1) use your previous kernel for a day or two longer and then update the system again, or 2) install the akmod version of the driver from RPM Fusion to create the kmods for new kernels automatically.

[OneSlickDeal]

Originally Posted by stoat

As of this moment, the kmod for that kernel is not yet in the RPM Fusion updates repo. It happens all the time. You have two options: 1) use your previous kernel for a day or two longer and then update the system again, or 2) install the akmod version of the driver from RPM Fusion to create the kmods for new kernels automatically.

Do you need to remove kmod before using akmod? Is there anything wrong with this option?

[stoat]

You can leave the existing kmods. They're for the other kernels. If you can connect to the Internet via a wired connection, just install akmod-wl with yum. It will install akmod-wl and several other things it needs. After that, reboot and check NetworkManager for networks.

[chrismurphy]

After a yum update today, I also lost wireless with linux 3.5.1-1, even though the update included kmod-wl-3.5.1-1.fc17, which matches the kernel version. modprobe wl reported back that it could not be found. So I ended up doing

yum erase broadcom-wl
yum install broadcom-wl
reboot

And now it works. Seems weird.