Re: ndis problem with stable kernel source

From: Nicholas Basila (mlists_at_northglobe.com)
Date: 03/03/05

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To: Daniel O'Connor <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>

    Daniel O'Connor wrote:

    >On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 16:50, Nicholas Basila wrote:
    >
    >
    >>Well, I've been using the official HP driver. I ran the utility like so:
    >>
    >>
    >
    >I don't know where the official HP driver is (hint: a URL would be handy)
    >
    >
    >
    >>ndiscvt -i name_of_nt_driver.inf -s name_of_nt_driver.sys -o
    >>/tmp/ndis_driver_data.h
    >>
    >>I then copied it to the compile directory of my kernel. Make depend runs
    >>correctly, but it crashes out during the linking phase of make. I have
    >>these options at the bottom of my kernel config:
    >>
    >>options NDISAPI
    >>device ndis
    >>device wlan
    >>
    >>
    >
    >I would suggest building it as a module as it's much simpler (unless you're
    >booting over this interface - which is doubtful)
    >
    >eg..
    >cd /usr/src/sys/modules/if_ndis
    >cp /tmp/foo.inf /tmp/foo.sys .
    >ndiscvt -i foo.inf -s foo.sys -o ndis_driver_data.h
    >make
    >make install
    >
    >
    >
    >>As I said, this worked perfectly with 5.3 and even 5-current before the
    >>5.3 release. I tried building the stable version of ndiscvt, and that
    >>didn't produce a different header file. I did a cvsup two days ago, got
    >>the error, and did a new cvsup tonight.
    >>
    >>
    >
    >Make sure your userland and kernel are in sync - ie install world to match
    >your new kernel. You may be building against stale headers.
    >
    >
    >
    Er, I thought I had done a makeworld, but I guess I hadn't. You were
    right: the header files were old. That fixed the problem. I just got
    worried as I ran into a similar problem just before 5.3 release that
    caused me to lose the wireless. I ended up fixing that with a light edit
    to a couple of files.

    Thanks to both of you!

    Nicholas

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