Re: [Ndiswrapper-general] 1.57-rc1

[Pavel R. <pr...@gn...>]

On Sun, 21 Aug 2011 22:16:38 -0700 (PDT)
Giridhar Pemmasani <pg...@ya...> wrote:

> Pavel Roskin has been working to improve ndiswrapper. In fact, all
> the changes in this release are by him.

It's not quite true.

> Following is short summary of
> changes:
> 
> * Added support for Linux 2.6.35 - Linux 3.1
> * Kernels as old as 2.6.14 are now supported
> * IW_AUTH_MFP implemented

This is not my change.  It's from Rene van Paassen.  I didn't even know
what MFP means until I started writing this message (it's management
frame protection).

> * Reserve stack before copying arguments when calling from Windows to
> Linux on x86_64
> * Fixed a kernel panic if there are many devices for one driver and
> one fails to initialize
> * Fixed a kernel panic with Marvell USB if ndiswrapper is reloaded

This is mine, but it only fixed one type of crash.  Unloading
ndiswrapper with Marvell USB can destabilize the system.  I have no fix
for that, and I don't think I'll have it for 1.57.  I know that the
problem happens on both i386 and x64_64.

I'm removing that entry from ChangeLog now.  It's wrong to claim that
something is fixed when in fact it's just a little less broken than it
was.

> * Fixed support for AVM Fritz USB

That's by Dirk Schwendemann.

> * Loading drivers with unknown symbols is disallowed, it's a certain
> crash
> * Fixed procfs registration if the network device is renamed
> * Added more function stubs

Some stubs were collected from patches on Sourceforge by different
authors.

> * Build system improved
> * Code cleanup, fixed many warnings, style issues and typos
> 
> Please test this version as changes have been all over the place and
> if something is broken, it helps to know now than later. We expect to
> release 1.57 soon (couple of weeks at most).

Thank you for making the prerelease!

The feedback will be welcome.  Of course, not everything can be fixed
for the release, but maybe there is some simple stuff missing that would
make all the difference for some drivers.

-- 
Regards,
Pavel Roskin