Bugzilla Bug 196560

ndiswrapper requires a patch to its call to kmem_cache_create() in order to
work with newer versions of the Linux kernel. The patch is available at:

http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/joomla/index.php?/component/option,com_fireboard/Itemid,34/func,view/catid,4/id,609/

Here is the ebuild error output:

# emerge ndiswrapper
Calculating dependencies... done!
>>> Verifying ebuild Manifests...
...
  CC [M] 
/var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/ndiswrapper-1.47/work/ndiswrapper-1.47/driver/ntoskernel.o
/var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/ndiswrapper-1.47/work/ndiswrapper-1.47/driver/ntoskernel.c:
In function 'ntoskernel_init':
/var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/ndiswrapper-1.47/work/ndiswrapper-1.47/driver/ntoskernel.c:2597:
error: too many arguments to function 'kmem_cache_create'
make[2]: ***
[/var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/ndiswrapper-1.47/work/ndiswrapper-1.47/driver/ntoskernel.o]
Error 1
make[1]: ***
[_module_/var/tmp/portage/net-wireless/ndiswrapper-1.47/work/ndiswrapper-1.47/driver]
Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.23.1'
make: *** [default] Error 2


I have not tested or confirmed that the patch works. I've attached the patch
from the link above. I will try to find time to confirm that the patch works
and update the ebuild, but if not at least it is being tracked in Bugzilla now.
:)


-- mcf

Created an attachment (id=133991) [details]
Fixes ndiswrapper for Linux kernel 2.6.23.1

Not tested yet.

Well, already fixed in >=1.48_rc1, so, pretty pointless to patch. But thanks
anyway.


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 188373 ***