>From looking at wl_linux.c, it seems to be loading the driver for any Broadcom device containing the PCI device ID 0x43##. This is incorrect.
In my opinion, this driver should not be installed, or at least not be loaded, by default in Ubuntu. If someone would like, they can look at the existing source code and the README file included with the wl driver and can create a patch to do further validation of the PCI ID. Broadcom is unresponsive to me on this. At this point, the workaround is as follows: 1. During installation, run "sudo killall -9 modprobe" when installation seems to freeze up to resume it. A hard reboot may be required after installation completes. 2. After booting into Ubuntu, add "blacklist wl" to the end of "/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf". Again, a hard reboot may be required. 3. After this everything should be working as normal. If you need to load the b43 module by default, you may need to add "b43" to "/etc/modules". -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1313221 Title: modprobe wl crashes with broadcom 4306 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/1313221/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
