Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: ndiswrapper 1.54-2.6.27 released | Date | Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:52:18 -0800 | From | "Justin P. Mattock" <> |
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On Wed, 2008-11-26 at 00:53 -0700, jmerkey@wolfmountaingroup.com wrote: > > On Tue, 2008-11-25 at 23:02 -0700, jmerkey@wolfmountaingroup.com wrote: > >> > >> ndiswrapper with the 2.6.27 breakage corrected. The current maintainers > >> have not put out a release for 2.6.27 or later kernels, so I went ahead > >> and fixed it for 2.6.27. > >> > >> ftp://ftp.wolfmountaingroup.org/pub/ndiswrapper/ndiswrapper-1.54-2.6.27.7.tar.gz > >> > >> Linux wireless drivers still do not work on most of my laptops and USB > >> wireless devices due to lack of firmware drivers and other problems with > >> native Linux wireless. Anyone else with busted laptop wireless who need > >> ndiswrapper might as well be able to get it since the maintainers have > >> not > >> posted recent releases for recent kernels. > >> > >> > >> Jeff > >> > >> -- > >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" > >> in > >> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > >> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > >> Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > > > Cool; glad to see it working > > with the latest kernel. > > BTW who is the author > > of this patch?(this has baffled me for sometime); > > http://www.slackware.com/~alien/slackbuilds/ndiswrapper/build/ndiswrapper_kernel_2.6.27.patch > > (not to imped you in anyway); > > > > regards; > > > > -- > > Justin P. Mattock <Justinmattock@gmail.com> > > > > > > I have no idea, but the patch you pointed me to is not conditionalized > with #if {kernel version >= 2.6.27} <insert info struct> #else <leave as > in 1.53> #end and will only work on 2.6.27.7. The version I posted is > backwards compatible with 2.6.27 backwards to earlier releases. > > > Jeff > Cool; from what I remember the patch I had used was the url I had posted(sure would like to thank them), Anyways I'll go ahead and try you're version and post any anomalies if possible :) (always nice to have a backup for the wireless);
regards;
-- Justin P. Mattock <Justinmattock@gmail.com>
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