[2011-10-24 01:44:50 -0200] Vitor Eiji Justus Sakaguti: > On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 12:52 AM, Dave Reisner <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 12:45:04AM -0200, Vitor Eiji Justus Sakaguti wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> Just a heads up to all users of broadcom-wl: a lot of people (myself > >> included) have been reporting kernel panics at boot time after upgrade > >> to current version, so if you're planing to upgrade, be sure to have a > >> live cd around to chroot into your system. > >> There are still no known workarounds other than blacklisting the wl > >> module (thus disabling wireless board) or removing the package. > >> > >> [1] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=19514 > >> > >> Good luck! > >> Vitor > > > > Or just blacklist the module from the kernel cmdline via > > "modprobe.blacklist=wl". > > Kind of what I said (less verbosely).
No. Dave's point is that you don't need a LiveCD: you can just add "modprobe.blacklist=wl" as a parameter to your kernel in the boot loader. -- Gaetan
