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  2. Comment #60

Comment 60 for bug 950295

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Ben Prescott (ben.prescott) wrote : Re: acer laptop hangs during boot process; 12.04 - b43 driver

strike that; i've already got it downloaded.
here's precise with the 3.1.0 kernel; booting fine with the b43 module loading.

ben@tecumseh:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04 LTS"
ben@tecumseh:~$ cat /proc/cmdline
BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.1.0-030100-generic root=UUID=ec1fde3e-cf25-49df-a729-b4e2b01281eb ro
ben@tecumseh:~$ lsmod | grep b43
b43 322846 0
mac80211 405552 1 b43
cfg80211 167429 2 b43,mac80211
bcma 20232 1 b43
ssb 46176 2 b43,b44
ben@tecumseh:~$ dmesg | grep b43
[ 2.344843] b43-pci-bridge 0000:06:02.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
[ 2.344877] b43-pci-bridge 0000:06:02.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
[ 2.344897] b43-pci-bridge 0000:06:02.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 17.124612] b43-phy0: Broadcom 4318 WLAN found (core revision 9)
[ 17.300035] Registered led device: b43-phy0::tx
[ 17.300122] Registered led device: b43-phy0::rx
[ 17.300188] Registered led device: b43-phy0::radio
[ 19.839269] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 19.839345] b43-phy0 ERROR: Firmware file "b43-open/ucode5.fw" not found
[ 19.839415] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43#devicefirmware and download the correct firmware for this driver version. Please carefully read all instructions on this website.