RE: ndiswrapper with 2.6.24 kernels

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Ndiswrapper works for me too...current versions of FC8 and FC9.

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From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rick Bilonick
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 1:44 PM
To: For users of Fedora
Subject: Re: ndiswrapper with 2.6.24 kernels


On Mon, 2008-03-31 at 07:58 -0400, Mark Haney wrote:
> Boris Glawe wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > has anybody successfully installed the freshrpm's dkms-ndiswrapper package?
> >
> > The installation itself is not the problem, but the kernel module
> > compilation fails.
> >
> > The kernel modules was usually compiled and properly installed with the
> > execution of "/etc/init.d/dkms start". This command still does not show
> > any error messages, but after returning after some seconds of operation,
> > there's no kernel module in /lib/modules/`uname -r` which is confirmed
> > by modprobe : "FATAL: Module ndiswrapper not found."
> >
> > Nobody's reporting any problems?! How are you using ndiswrapper WLAN
> > adapters with F8 and 2.6.24.x kernels?
> >
> > Thanks and greets
> > Boris
> >
>
>
> IIRC (and I've been on vacation, so my brain hasn't caught up yet),
> Linus himself got involved with the NDISwrapper code being GPL'd.  He
> put the kibosh on exporting the symbols needed to load it since in his
> mind it CAN'T be GPL if it loads non-GPL binaries.  IANAL, so take that
> how you will. The thread was on Slashdot a couple weeks ago.  It's my
> understanding that ndiswrapper is broken in the .24 kernels and hasn't
> been fixed yet.
>
> Granted, it's also my understanding the new WIFI stack is supposed to
> have much better support for cards in .24, but I can't say for certain yet.
>
>
> --
> Libenter homines id quod volunt credunt -- Caius Julius Caesar
>
>
> Mark Haney
> Sr. Systems Administrator
> ERC Broadband
> (828) 350-2415
>
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>

I'm using ndiswrapper with this kernel:

[chippy@localhost ~]$ uname -r
2.6.24.3-50.fc8

But I'm using Livna's packages.

Rick B.

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