[Bug 93152] feisty: system lockups / no startup using ndiswrapper + dlink dwl-g132(rev a.)

[Dirk Schramm]

Public bug reported:

goes for both: ndiswrapper via apt and ndiswrapper 1.38 downloaded from
sf.

driver used:
http://support.dlink.com/products/view.asp?productid=DWL%2DG132

as soon as i plug in the wlan-dongle, system freezes, only mouse cursor is moveable. no possibility to restart, no ctrl+alt+backspace, and so on.
if plugged in while starting, system startup stops and freezes at "BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#0"

no chance to reboot except for the power button.


additional info:

 dirk at dirk-deb:~/ndiswrapper-1.38$ sudo make uninstall
NOTE: Not all installed files are removed, as different distributions install ndiswrapper files at different places.
Run uninstall as many times as necessary until no "removing" messages appear below.

dirk at dirk-deb:~/ndiswrapper-1.38$ make


dirk at dirk-deb:~/ndiswrapper-1.38$ sudo make install


dirk at dirk-deb:~/ndiswrapper-1.38$ ndiswrapper -v
utils version: 1.9
driver version:        1.38
vermagic:       2.6.20-11-generic SMP mod_unload 586 


dirk at dirk-deb:~/Drivers$ sudo ndiswrapper -i NetA5AGU.inf
installing neta5agu ...
forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
forcing parameter MapRegisters from 256 to 64
dirk at dirk-deb:~/Drivers$ ndiswrapper -l
neta5agu : driver installed
        device (2001:3A03) present


dirk at dirk-deb:~$ dmesg | grep ndiswrapper
[   28.156000] ndiswrapper version 1.38 loaded (preempt=no,smp=yes)
[   28.236000] usbcore: registered new interface driver ndiswrapper

dirk at dirk-deb:~/ndiswrapper-1.38$ uname -a
Linux dirk-deb 2.6.20-11-generic #2 SMP Thu Mar 15 08:03:07 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

** Affects: ndiswrapper (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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feisty: system lockups / no startup using ndiswrapper + dlink dwl-g132(rev a.)
https://launchpad.net/bugs/93152