ndiswrapper stability?

[Tomoki Taniguchi]

thank you i will try this

On 7/19/07, Tim Hull <thully at umich.edu> wrote:
> NDISwrapper can sometimes be unstable - mostly because it is an emulation
> layer for Windows drivers on Linux, as opposed to a native Linux driver.
> Hence, the crashes...In your case, you don't need NDISwrapper - there's a
> native driver you can install - iwl4965.
> Look at the following for details on how to install it:
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=493095
>
>
> On 7/16/07, Tomoki Taniguchi <tomoki.taniguchi at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I have recently installed ndiswrapper to a newly installed and
> > upgraded feisty laptop.
> > i have installed the latest ndiswrapper in the repository.
> >
> > sudo ndiswrapper -v
> > gives me
> > <snip>
> > utuks Error: no version specified!
> > driver version: 1.38
> > vermagic:  2.6.20-generic SMP mod_unload 586
> > <snip>
> >
> > I installed the latest windows XP driver from Intel for my
> > Intel wireless wifi link 4965AG chip.
> >
> > sudo ndiswrapper -l
> > gives me
> > <snip>
> > netw4x32:  driver installed
> >    device (8086:4229) present
> > <snip>
> >
> > when i load i got a wlan0 device
> > which seemed to work fine.
> > until my pc crashed.
> >
> > I rebooted and noticed some error messages about ndiswrapper
> > this is what was in the dmesg
> > <snip>
> > ndiswrapper (NdisWriteErrorLogEntry:231) : log: 40001B7C, count: 2,
> > return_address: e06ed5d2
> > ndiswrapper (NdisWriteErrorLogEntry:234) : code: 0x56524457
> > ndiswrapper (NdisWriteErrorLogEntry:234) : code 0xddd
> > <snip>
> > after boot i couldn't reconnect with my wireless network.
> >
> > I tried to unload the ndiswrapper at which point everything but my
> > mouse locked up.
> > I ended up having to force reboot the system.
> >
> > I am wondering there is a stability issue with the ndiswrapper module?
> >
> > TIA,
> > Tomoki
> >
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