Re: Wifi issue and AMD64
On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 09:57:41 -0800 (PST), Manu <seatmanu@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> 1) have installed this package as I have an AMD64
> * kernel-image-2.6.10-9-amd64-k8
>
> is it a 32 bit package or 64bits?
> Anything special to this kernel ?
64-bit.
> 2) I need to use the ndiswrapper for my broadcom WIFI
> card , I have downloaded the 2 packages
> kernel-source-2.6.10 and kernel-headers-2.6.10-9 I
> have bunzip2 and untar both of them
> I made a link /usr/src/linux to point to the
> kernel-source-2.6.10
> I tried to compile using /debian/rules binary-modules
> and here is what I get:
> > # build and install the module
> > /usr/bin/make KPKG_EXTRAV_ARG= KSRC=/usr/src/linux \
> > KVER=2.6.10-9-amd64-k8 \
> >
> INST_DIR=debian/ndiswrapper-modules-2.6.10-9-amd64-k8/lib/modules/2.6.10-9-amd64-k8/misc/
> > install
> > make[1]: Entering directory
> > `/usr/src/modules/ndiswrapper'
> > /usr/bin/make -C /usr/src/linux
> > SUBDIRS=/usr/src/modules/ndiswrapper \
> > NDISWRAPPER_VERSION=1.0rc2 \
> > EXTRA_VERSION= modules
> > make[2]: Entering directory
> > `/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.6.10-9-amd64-k8'
> > CC [M] /usr/src/modules/ndiswrapper/hal.o
> > cc1: error: code model `kernel' not supported in
> > the 32 bit mode
> > make[3]: ***
> [/usr/src/modules/ndiswrapper/hal.o]
> > Error 1
> > make[2]: ***
> > [_module_/usr/src/modules/ndiswrapper] Error 2
> > make[2]: Leaving directory
> > `/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.6.10-9-amd64-k8'
> > make[1]: *** [default] Error 2
> > make[1]: Leaving directory
> > `/usr/src/modules/ndiswrapper'
> > make: *** [binary-modules] Error 2
>
Apparently ndiswrapper won't work here. Use the driverloader from
Linuxant, which will also give you the 64-bit Windows driver. It's not
free though.
--
Paolo Alexis Falcone
pfalcone@gmail.com
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