Re: Wifi issue and AMD64 (SOLVED)

[Manu <seatmanu@yahoo.com>]

Thanks for your help! I changed my kernel to a 32 bit
and got both of the CArd to work with madwifi and
ndiswrapper. 

Thanks

Manu
--- Paolo Alexis Falcone <pfalcone@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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