emerge ndiswrapper Calculating dependencies ...done! >>> emerge (1 of 1) net-wireless/ndiswrapper-1.2 to / >>> md5 files ;-) ndiswrapper-1.2.ebuild >>> md5 files ;-) ndiswrapper-1.4.ebuild >>> md5 files ;-) files/digest-ndiswrapper-1.2 >>> md5 files ;-) files/ndiswrapper-1.2-suspend2.patch >>> md5 files ;-) files/digest-ndiswrapper-1.4 >>> md5 src_uri ;-) ndiswrapper-1.2.tar.gz * Determining the location of the kernel source code * Found kernel source directory: * /usr/src/linux * Found sources for kernel version: * 2.6.14 * Checking for suitable kernel configuration options: >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking ndiswrapper-1.2.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/ndiswrapper-1.2/work * Applying ndiswrapper-1.2-suspend2.patch ... [ ok ] * The only kernels that will work are gentoo-sources, vanilla-sources, and suspend2-sources. * No other kernels are supported. Kernels like the mm kernels will NOT work. * Converting ndiswrapper-1.2/driver/Makefile to use M= instead of SUBDIRS= ... [ ok ] >>> Source unpacked. cc -Wall -g -DNDISWRAPPER_VERSION=\"1.2\" -c -o loadndisdriver.o loadndisdriver.c gcc -o loadndisdriver loadndisdriver.o * Preparing ndiswrapper module make -C //usr/src/linux M=/var/tmp/portage/ndiswrapper-1.2/work/ndiswrapper-1.2/driver \ NDISWRAPPER_VERSION=1.2 \ EXTRA_VERSION= modules *** WARNING: Kernel seems to have 4K size stack option (CONFIG_4KSTACKS) removed; many Windows drivers will need at least 8K size stacks. You should read wiki about 4K size stack issue. Don't complain about crashes until you resolve this. make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.14' CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/ndiswrapper-1.2/work/ndiswrapper-1.2/driver/hal.o CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/ndiswrapper-1.2/work/ndiswrapper-1.2/driver/iw_ndis.o CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/ndiswrapper-1.2/work/ndiswrapper-1.2/driver/loader.o /var/tmp/portage/ndiswrapper-1.2/work/ndiswrapper-1.2/driver/loader.c: In function `register_devices': /var/tmp/portage/ndiswrapper-1.2/work/ndiswrapper-1.2/driver/loader.c:963: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/ndiswrapper-1.2/work/ndiswrapper-1.2/driver/misc_funcs.o CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/ndiswrapper-1.2/work/ndiswrapper-1.2/driver/ndis.o CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/ndiswrapper-1.2/work/ndiswrapper-1.2/driver/ntoskernel.o /var/tmp/portage/ndiswrapper-1.2/work/ndiswrapper-1.2/driver/ndis.c:1721:5: warning: "LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION" is not defined CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/ndiswrapper-1.2/work/ndiswrapper-1.2/driver/pe_linker.o CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/ndiswrapper-1.2/work/ndiswrapper-1.2/driver/proc.o CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/ndiswrapper-1.2/work/ndiswrapper-1.2/driver/wrapper.o /var/tmp/portage/ndiswrapper-1.2/work/ndiswrapper-1.2/driver/wrapper.c:287:54: macro "halt" passed 1 arguments, but takes just 0 /var/tmp/portage/ndiswrapper-1.2/work/ndiswrapper-1.2/driver/wrapper.c: In function `miniport_halt': /var/tmp/portage/ndiswrapper-1.2/work/ndiswrapper-1.2/driver/wrapper.c:287: warning: statement with no effect CC [M] /var/tmp/portage/ndiswrapper-1.2/work/ndiswrapper-1.2/driver/usb.o make[2]: *** [/var/tmp/portage/ndiswrapper-1.2/work/ndiswrapper-1.2/driver/wrapper.o] Error 1 make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... make[1]: *** [_module_/var/tmp/portage/ndiswrapper-1.2/work/ndiswrapper-1.2/driver] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.14' make: *** [default] Error 2 !!! ERROR: net-wireless/ndiswrapper-1.2 failed. !!! Function linux-mod_src_compile, Line 505, Exitcode 2 !!! Unable to make KSRC=//usr/src/linux KVERS=26 all. !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: emerge vanilla-sources-2.6.14 emerge ndiswrapper-1.2 (ndiswrapper-1.4. is blocked on my system by bug # 110367) Expected Results: emerge should complete successfully Portage 2.0.51.22-r3 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.3.6, glibc-2.3.5-r2, 2.6.13.4 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.13.4 i686 AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3000+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.13 distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5, 2.4.2 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.12 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r10 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.20 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.8.1-r1, 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O3 -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mmmx -m3dnow -msse -mfpmath=sse" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=athlon-xp -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mmmx -m3dnow -msse -mfpmath=sse" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig ccache distlocks fixpackages sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="x86 3dnow X alsa apm avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr crypt cups curl divx divx4linux eds emboss encode esd fam foomatic foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 imagemagick imlib java jpeg junit kerberos ldap libg++ libwww mad matroska mikmod mmx motif mozilla mp3 mp4 mpeg ncurses nls nptl nptlonly nvidia ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pdflib perl png python quicktime readline samba sdl slang spell sse ssl svga tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev unicode vorbis win32codecs xine xinerama xml2 xmms xscreensaver xv xvid zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
I also tried to compile it with gentoo-sources 2.6.14 and it also fails in the same way.
same here on the gentoo-sources 2.6.14
ok. Generating noise on this bug is going to do nothing. ndiswrapper 1.2 WILL NOT work on any kernel 2.6.14. Whether it be gentoo-sources or vanilla. You will need ndiswrapper 1.4. However people complain that 1.4 doesn't work for them, causes system crashes and general issues. So 1.4 is masked, if you want to chance it... unmask it and try it. Otherwise stick to an older kernel for now.
Created attachment 72430 [details, diff] Patch to run ndiswrapper-1.2 under the 2.6.14 kernel Actually, here's a patch that has had ndiswrapper 1.2 running fine on vanilla-sources-2.6.14, and seems much more stable than the new ndiswrapper-1.5 (which I'm just about to post a bug on, having seemingly caused a divide by 0 error in the kernel). If people would prefer to stick with 1.2, please test out the patch and see if you have any problems. It's a very simple renaming of a structure that became reserved when it was used in the 2.6.14 kernel so there shouldn't be much to cause regressions or bugs...
I have no time to test this right this moment. I did try 2.6.14 and ndiswrapper-1.5. While 1.5 does compile and load, I get a timeout on the dhcp request when net.wlan0 starts, so I had to go back to 2.6.13.5 and ndiswrapper 1.2.
Thanks for the patch! ndiswrapper now compiles cleanly for me with 2.6.14, however I get the same problem as I did with 1.4 and 1.5 (http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=111754): $ sudo modprobe ndiswrapper FATAL: Error inserting ndiswrapper (/lib/modules/2.6.14/misc/ndiswrapper.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg) $ dmesg | tail -n 1 ndiswrapper: Unknown symbol kthread_run I am using vanilla-sources 2.6.14.
mobile: gentoo-sources-2.6.14 is stable, so this should be addressed ASAP. My suggestions are either make the 1.2 ebuild check the kernel version and die out on 2.6.14, or apply the change described in comment #4 (it is correct).
patch works for vanilla-sources-2.6.15_rc1 Thanks!! I just tried 2.6.15_rc1 and I'm using ndiswrapper again (finally :) More info can be provided on request!!
*** Bug 114084 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Created attachment 73897 [details] modified ebuild that applies the patch if the kernelversion is 2.6.14* copy the above patch to your $PORTAGE_OVERLAY/net-wireless/files/ folder, digest and merge this ebuild to have the patch applied automatically
Comment on attachment 73897 [details] modified ebuild that applies the patch if the kernelversion is 2.6.14* sorry for the frequent editing, I should watch out for typos...
Created attachment 73900 [details] ebuild applying the patch if necessary supporting kernel 2.6.15* now too... sorry
I just added ndiswrapper-1.7 to three. It is working for me on a stable system. Adding a patch for 1.2 would demand it go through ~x86 any way so let's see if 1.7 is ready for stable.
Please test with ndiswrapper-1.7.
I've been using ndiswrapper 1.7 on 2.6.15_rc7 and it seems to both compile and run fine. I've been running it since December 29th without problems...
As the current stable is not working with 2.6.14 and many people have had positive experiences with 1.7 I will be marking 1.7 stable next weekend even though it has not been in ~x86 for very long. If someone from the x86 arch team has hardware to test take a shot. My hardware works. Feel free to raise objections too.
(In reply to comment #16) > As the current stable is not working with 2.6.14 and many people have had > positive experiences with 1.7 I will be marking 1.7 stable next weekend even > though it has not been in ~x86 for very long. If someone from the x86 arch team > has hardware to test take a shot. My hardware works. Feel free to raise > objections too. As version 1.7 seems to fix quite a few bugs I think this is the right thing to do.
If the current stable doesn't work at all, by all means mark one that does stable as soon as possible.
(In reply to comment #18) > If the current stable doesn't work at all, by all means mark one that does > stable as soon as possible. > It works fine with earlier kernels. I would not want to mark something stable that causes for example kernel panics with 2.6.14 using some other wireless cards as I only have one model. Well let's see if I will do this already tomorrow.
I'm using a broadcom 43xx with ndiswrapper 1.7 and I've had no kernel panics from whatever 2.6.15-rc I started using right up to 2.6.15 which just went upstream stable. Hopefully it's of a different chipset to what you've been testing it with...
(In reply to comment #20) > I'm using a broadcom 43xx with ndiswrapper 1.7 and I've had no kernel panics > from whatever 2.6.15-rc I started using right up to 2.6.15 which just went > upstream stable. Hopefully it's of a different chipset to what you've been > testing it with... > It was a theoretical situation. How it performs with 2.6.15 also doesn't matter from a stabilization point of view that much because stable is 2.6.14. Great to hear that it is working with 2.6.15 as I haven't had the opportunity to test more than if it compiles with it yet.
ndiswrapper-1.7 compiles all right with 2.6.14 on my machine. However, when I use it, network traffic stalls after a couple of minutes, which doesn't happen to me with ndiswrapper-1.2 on 2.6.13. (1.7 on 2.6.13 stalls as well)
Well it seems ndiswrapper is not the saviour I thought it would be. bug 117706 So I added 1.2-r1 with the patch from this bug and made 1.2 die if 2.6.14 or newer is used. Let's see if that can be stabilized.
ndiswrapper-1.7 compiles for me with 2.6.14.x, however, when I use it, network traffic will stall after a couple of minutes. This happens when I use 1.7 with both 2.6.13 and 2.6.14. But I'm not sure if that's a ndiswrapper thing or the windows driver part that't to blame for this. I'm using neta3ab.inf for a D-link wireless PCI adapter. The hang up does NOT happen with ndiswrapper-1.2 though, which I'm still happily using now.
1.2-r1 marked stable on x86. Thanks to everyone who participated in this bug. Please reopen or make a new bug if 1.2-r1 causes problems for you on 2.6.14.
