ndiswrapper stability?

[Tim Hull]

NDISwrapper can sometimes be unstable - mostly because it is an emulation
layer for Windows drivers on Linux, as opposed to a native Linux driver.
Hence, the crashes...In your case, you don't need NDISwrapper - there's a
native driver you can install - iwl4965.
Look at the following for details on how to install it:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=493095


On 7/16/07, Tomoki Taniguchi <tomoki.taniguchi at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have recently installed ndiswrapper to a newly installed and
> upgraded feisty laptop.
> i have installed the latest ndiswrapper in the repository.
>
> sudo ndiswrapper -v
> gives me
> <snip>
> utuks Error: no version specified!
> driver version: 1.38
> vermagic:  2.6.20-generic SMP mod_unload 586
> <snip>
>
> I installed the latest windows XP driver from Intel for my
> Intel wireless wifi link 4965AG chip.
>
> sudo ndiswrapper -l
> gives me
> <snip>
> netw4x32:  driver installed
>    device (8086:4229) present
> <snip>
>
> when i load i got a wlan0 device
> which seemed to work fine.
> until my pc crashed.
>
> I rebooted and noticed some error messages about ndiswrapper
> this is what was in the dmesg
> <snip>
> ndiswrapper (NdisWriteErrorLogEntry:231) : log: 40001B7C, count: 2,
> return_address: e06ed5d2
> ndiswrapper (NdisWriteErrorLogEntry:234) : code: 0x56524457
> ndiswrapper (NdisWriteErrorLogEntry:234) : code 0xddd
> <snip>
> after boot i couldn't reconnect with my wireless network.
>
> I tried to unload the ndiswrapper at which point everything but my
> mouse locked up.
> I ended up having to force reboot the system.
>
> I am wondering there is a stability issue with the ndiswrapper module?
>
> TIA,
> Tomoki
>
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