b43: system hangs during kernel initialisation [14e4:4318]

[Ben Prescott]

On 28/03/12 20:44, Ben Prescott wrote:
> Not a problem at all;  the b43.blacklist=yes kernel param causes the
> module to bail out;  I used that to get 12.04 installed.
>
> That said, I rebuilt to 11.10 to test older kernels, and that's where the
> system is at the moment.
>
> I've installed Ubuntu's b43 firmware package and rebooted into the
> 3.2.0-rc2 kernel.
>
> that works, now.
>
> regards, Ben
>
> ben at tecumseh:~$ uname -a
> Linux tecumseh 3.2.0-030200rc2-generic #201111151435 SMP Tue Nov 15
> 19:43:49 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>

Further reports of this issue are arising, this time on old Apple kit.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/casper/+bug/956677

regards, Ben