net-wireless/ndiswrapper-1.49_rc2 - the kernel module crashes on loading with a stack trace starting with "Unable to handle kernel paging request at ...". (Subsequent attempts at modprobe -r ndiswrapper hang, and modprobe doesn't exit.) net-wireless/ndiswrapper-1.48_rc1 worked flawlessly for me. After this problem with 1.49 during a routine upgrade, I reverted back to 1.48, it still works fine. (Just so to confirm that nothing else in my system that has changed should be suspect) Relevant system info: Kernel Version: 2.6.22-gentoo-r8 AMD64, Dual Core, SMP enabled in kernel Wireless card: Broadcom 4311 (HP Pavillion dv9408nr Laptop) Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge =ndiswrapper-1.49_rc2 2. ndiswrapper -i <windows-driver-name.inf> 3. modprobe ndiswrapper Actual Results: modprobe fails - Long error trace starting with: Unable to handle kernel paging request at <memory-location> Expected Results: Peacefully loaded the module, after which wireless-tools should be able to detect the wireless card, and net.wlan0 should be able to start. Worked without problems for the last month with version 1.48. Problem only in 1.49. Kernel Version: 2.6.22-gentoo-r8 AMD64, Dual Core, SMP enabled in kernel Wireless card: Broadcom 4311 (HP Pavillion dv9408nr Laptop)
Not much I can do here. Please report this kind of bugs at http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net or the mailing-list or the #ndiswrapper channel (freenode). btw. I have pretty much the same setup and it works for me.
