Re: ndiswrapper 1.54-2.6.27 released

["Justin P. Mattock" <justinmattock@gmail.com>]

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
> >>
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> > 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>