[Bug 1023645] Re: ndiswrapper-dkms 1.57-1ubuntu1: ndiswrapper kernel module failed to build [error: ‘struct kernel_stat’ has no member named ‘cpustat’]

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## Summary for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 32-bit (kernel 3.8.0-31) ##

== Update repository cache and upgrade your OS ==
sudo update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

== Prepare build process ==
sudo apt-get install build-essential dkms

-> make sure ndiswrapper 1.57 is installed; have a look at:
     http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&sl=de&tl=en&u=http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/WLAN/NdisWrapper

== Get sources in place ==
cd ~/tmp
wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/ndiswrapper/stable/ndiswrapper-1.58.tar.gz
tar -xvf ndiswrapper-1.58.tar.gz

sudo mkdir /usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.58
sudo cp /tmp/ndiswrapper-1.58/driver/* /usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.58
sudo cp /usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.57/dkms.conf /usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.58

== Patch package version ==
sudo nano /usr/src/ndiswrapper-1.58/dkms.conf
-->patch line 2:
     -- PACKAGE_VERSION="1.57"
     ++ PACKAGE_VERSION="1.58"
    press:
     [ctrl] + x
     [enter]

== Remove previous ndiswrapper version ==
sudo dkms remove ndiswrapper/1.57 --all

== Build and Install ==
sudo dkms add ndiswrapper/1.58
sudo dkms build ndiswrapper/1.58
sudo dkms install ndiswrapper/1.58

== Test ==
modprobe ndiswrapper

== Remarks ==
All thanks go to Roger Olivé (post #3)

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Title:
  ndiswrapper-dkms 1.57-1ubuntu1: ndiswrapper kernel module failed to
  build [error: ‘struct kernel_stat’ has no member named ‘cpustat’]

Status in “ndiswrapper” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “ndiswrapper” source package in Precise:
  Triaged
Status in “ndiswrapper” source package in Quantal:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  WORKAROUND: https://launchpad.net/~crass/+archive/ndiswrapper

  rebooted after an update in ubuntu12.10

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: ndiswrapper-dkms 1.57-1ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0-3.4-generic 3.0.0-rc5
  Uname: Linux 3.0-3-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.3-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  DKMSKernelVersion: 3.5.0-4-generic
  Date: Wed Jul 11 23:24:17 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  PackageVersion: 1.57-1ubuntu1
  SourcePackage: ndiswrapper
  Title: ndiswrapper-dkms 1.57-1ubuntu1: ndiswrapper kernel module failed to build
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-07-08 (2 days ago)

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