Thread: [Ndiswrapper-general] Re: Ndiswrapper-general digest, Vol 1 #787 - 3 msgs
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From: ivo w. <ivo...@ya...> - 2005-07-17 13:43:04
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>ivo welch wrote: > > >>ladies and gents: >> >>in the FAQ, at the top it says not to post questions into the wiki, but >>to the mailing lists or forums. could we please hyperlink this to the >>mailing list page and forum page? >> >> > >since it's a wiki you can do this on your own. just create a useraccount >and edit the page > > nope---it comes before the first "[edit]" section. >>config_4kstacks: I looked for a long time for CONFIG-4STACKS in the >>.config file and in the xconfig interface therefore (ndiswrapper >>complains when e-merging)---and for me, the kernel was the vanilla >>kernel release candidate 2.6.13-rc2. eventually, I found something in >>arch/i386/defconfig that stated CONFIG_4STACKS=y . It would be good if >>the FAQ and troubleshooting descriptions could be a bit more explicit >>what to do here. >> >> > >there was some discussion about the lkml to remove the 4k-stack option >from kernelin latest versions. 2.6.12 had it still but maybe the next >stable version won't have it anymore, at least it looks like this is the >case. kerneldevs don't like the idea of ndiswrapper and therefor they >don't support it - for more info read the lkml. the issue is only with >specific ndis-drivers, not with all. so when problems occur try another >driver and hope it works, wait for a patch to get the option back or use >a kernel <= 2.6.12 > > > this is crazy. yes, I think ndiswrapper is not the way to go IF I have a native driver. but, obviously, for most cards we do not have native drivers, and getting the wireless ethernet going on notebooks (majority of computers now) is obviously a requirement for almost all users. In any case, I did edit the FAQ (first time playing with wiki) and put in two more pieces of info: [a] to try to migrate windows drivers that work, and [2] the config_4kstacks mess. /iaw |