[Bug 133110] Re: Merge with Debian

[André Klitzing]

** Description changed:

- I like to request the merge of ndiswrapper 1.47 from Debian. I had problems with every version of ndiswrapper since feisty. But this version (1.47) fixed my problems and I can connect to my APs again.
+ I like to request the merge of ndiswrapper from Debian. I had problems with every version of ndiswrapper since feisty. But this version (1.47 or higher) fixed my problems and I can connect to my APs again.
  So please merge the new version to Ubuntu Gutsy in this package and kernel-module.
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+ 1.49
+     *  If a driver returns invalid MAC address (00:00:00:00:00) when queried with OID_802_3_CURRENT_ADDRESS (probably because NdisReadNetworkAddress returns NDIS_STATUS_FAILURE?), use OID_802_3_PERMANENT_ADDRESS to get the correct address. This is required for some atheros devices (e.g., AR5007EG)
+     * Fixed a kernel crash with non-preempt kernels (observed with acx111 driver)
+     * Preemption, as required by Windows, has been reimplemented. With this, ndiswrapper works with RT-preempt and non-preempt kernels
+     * Dropped support for 2.4 kernels (and very old 2.6 kernels)
  
  1.48
      * Support for 2.6.23 kernel
      * Disassocation with wpa_supplicant is fixed (earlier, after disassociation, the driver and ndiswrapper would be configured differently, requiring unloading and reloading of ndiswrapper module)
      * (Re)Association / (Re)Authentication issues with wpa_supplicant with 2.6.23 kernels fixed
      * Fixed an issue with 64-bit Broadcom drivers that cause ntos_wq worker thread to take up all the CPU in some cases
  
  1.47
      * Fixed random (occassional) crash issues with 64-bit drivers (observed with Broadcom driver)
      * Fixed compilation issues with version 1.46
  
  1.46
       * Fixed crash with large transfers (bug in version 1.45)
  
  1.45
      *  Fixes 'NOHZ: local_softirq_pending: 08' warnings from tickless kernels
      * Fixed issues with RT-preempt enabled kernels
      * Fixed ndiswrapper script to handle installation of Intel 4965AGN driver (which apparently works with ndiswrapper)
      * Fixed a warning when SLUB allocator is used
      * Fixed kernel crash with PsCreateSystemThread that manifested with sis163u when preempt is enabled
      * Changing MAC address with 'ifconfig hw ether' should work with all drivers now. If MAC address should be changed everytime ndiswrapper is loaded, change 'NetworkAddress' setting, as explained in wiki entry 'Tips' (earlier 'mac_address' setting was used, but that no longer applies)
      * Fixed an issue with some drivers (e.g., sis163u) that would stall after working for a while
      * Fixed crashes when removing module with usb devices
  
  1.44
      *  Fixed issues with Ubuntu kernels (where PREEMPT is not enabled)
      * Issues with combination of DEBUG_PREEMPT and RT-preempt fixed
      * Fixed issues with newer 64-bit Broadcom driver when more than 1GB RAM is present
      * Added support for upcoming 2.6.22 kernels

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Merge with Debian
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/133110
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