[Ndiswrapper-general] Sitecom WL-110b, 2.6.10 and Gentoo.

[Gordon I. <gor...@ya...>]

Hi,

I've been playing with ndiswrapper-1.0 RC1 using a
Sitcom WL-110b (PCI BCM4306 rev 2  pciid: 14e4:4320)
on Gentoo. 

I had it working with 0.8 and a 2.6.9 kernel, then I
moved to a 2.6.10 kernel. I couldn't get 0.8 to
compile  with the new kernel so, I decided to give the
pre-release 1.0 a go.

It compiled fine and I was able to install the driver
(http://www.sitecom.com/md_download.php?md_id=743
note: it's a zip file with the extension missing....)
but when I loaded ndiswrapper I got:

  ndiswrapper version 1.0rc2 loaded
(preempt=no,smp=no)
  loadndisdriver: loadndisdriver: main(462): version
1.0rc2 started
  devfsd[1102]: error calling: "unlink" in "GLOBAL"
  loadndisdriver: loadndisdriver: load_driver(313):
too many .sys files for driver netgtks
  devfsd[1102]: error calling: "unlink" in "GLOBAL"
  ndiswrapper (wrapper_init:1494): loadndiswrapper
failed (11); check system log for messages from
'loadndisdriver'
  devfsd[1102]: action_compat: error unlinking:
"ndiswrapper" No such file or directory

I noticed the line about "too many .sys files" and had
a look in the /etc/ndiswrapper/netgtks and found:

  03EB:7605.conf
  14E4:4309.conf
  14E4:4320.conf (symlink: 14E4:4320:1737:0013.conf)
  14E4:4320:14E4:0417.conf
  14E4:4320:14E4:0418.conf
  14E4:4320:1737:0013.conf
  14E4:4320:182D:9064.conf
  14E4:4320:182D:906E.conf
  14E4:4321.conf
  14E4:4324.conf
  1814:0101.conf (symlink: 1814:0101:182D:9010.conf)
  1814:0101:182D:9010.conf
  bcmwl5.sys
  fvnetrxp.sys
  netgtks.inf
  netusbxp.sys
  rt2400.sys

I guessed that the bcmwl5.sys was the one I need and
deleted the rest and then ndiswrapper loaded and all
is well!

I had a quick look at the inf file and it looks like
there are several devices mentioned in it, ranging
from USB devices to PCCard one.....

I just thought I would share this with the list in
case it is of any use.

Thanks to the developers for creating such a great
project!

--

Gordon.


	
	
		
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