ath_pci, ndiswrapper & blacklist
Derek Broughton
news at pointerstop.ca
Wed Jun 25 14:09:00 UTC 2008
Ed Jabbour wrote:
> Trying to setup wireless with an Atheros chipset - ar242x. Got
> ndiswrapper
> and setup went w/ no error messages. However, ndiswrapper -l shows
> ath_pci
> as an "alternate driver". I blacklisted ath_pci and ath_hal and
> uninstalled
> the restricted drivers. There is no ath_anything loaded. Where is that
> alternate driver coming from, and how do I stop it?
You dont need to. I run a Broadcom driver under ndiswrapper, and ndiswrapper
tells me that bcm43xx is an alternate driver, it is blacklisted, and
everything works. ndis tells you that the alternate driver _exists_ it
doesn't say it's using it, afaik.
--
derek
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