Tim: will do; there's still some discussion on the patch, so it's likely that there will be some changes before merging upstream.
Looks like I had an old initrd there; the ast.ko module is indeed present in the current xenial installer. Sorry for the noise. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1572712 Title: console hung during Ubuntu 16.04 netboot install 4.4.0-12-generic [soft lockup] To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1572712/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs