Re: [Ndiswrapper-general] ndiswrapper freezes system
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From: Michael B. <Mic...@sa...> - 2005-01-28 12:57:49
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Hi all, I initially installed this driver with Fedora Core 3/64-bit on a Compaq R3000Z with the BroadComm BCM4306 wireless network device last Sunday after taking Jonathan Berry's advice by disabling all kernel hacking options in the kernel configuration. I was ecstatic to see that the driver worked perfectly with 1.0RC4. I declared victory and went on to other things. On returning home from work on Monday, I booted the laptop and modprobe'd the ndiswrapper and the kernel starting spinning. I was able to rmmod the driver and the system returned to normal. What I couldn't figure out was why it worked Sunday and quit on Monday. I have spent several hours trying different combinations of things to see if I could get this to work again. I have tried the CVS snapshot every evening since Sunday with no luck. I even built a kernel that I downloaded from kernel.org with the same effect. One person on this list suggested 1.0RC3 may work, no luck. As an aside, it works when I boot into Windows XP so I can reasonably assume it's not a hardware problem. At any rate, here's what I know so far. If I load the driver, the kernel will start to spin. With the CVS snapshot that had the ERROR messages going to the log I was getting a lot of kspinlocks with a value of zero. If I hit the button on the front of the laptop to turn off the antenna, the system returns to normal. I can iwconfig and see the wlan1 device. Obviously I cannot make a connection. Note that wlan0 was attributed to a PCMCIA card that I have installed to temporarily bridge the gap until I can resolve this. Here is what I see in /var/log/messages: Jan 27 17:38:52 bzinger kernel: ndiswrapper version 1.0rc4@050127 loaded (preempt=no,smp=no) Jan 27 17:39:21 bzinger kernel: ndiswrapper: driver netbc564 (,10/01/2002,3.70.17.5) added Jan 27 17:39:21 bzinger kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK3] enabled at IRQ 17 Jan 27 17:39:21 bzinger kernel: ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:02:02.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 225 Jan 27 17:39:21 bzinger kernel: ndiswrapper: using irq 225 Jan 27 17:39:21 bzinger kernel: warning: many lost ticks. Jan 27 17:39:21 bzinger kernel: Your time source seems to be instable or some driver is hogging interupts Jan 27 17:39:21 bzinger kernel: rip NdisMSynchronizeWithInterrupt+0x4e/0x5b [ndiswrapper] Jan 27 17:39:21 bzinger kernel: wlan1: ndiswrapper ethernet device 00:90:4b:a3:1d:45 using driver netbc564 Jan 27 17:39:21 bzinger kernel: wlan1: encryption modes supported: WEP Jan 27 17:39:21 bzinger kernel: usb 3-2: USB disconnect, address 2 At 17:39:21 is when I hit the button to turn off the antenna. Any advice or things to try would be appreciated. Let me know if there is anything that I can do to help debug this problem. One last note, I also experienced the same kernel panic as Jonathan with a stock Fedora kernel. Regards, Mike Benzinger |