Trying to fix 8139too driver problems

Aaron Kurtz a.kurtz at hardsun.net
Wed May 25 09:11:24 UTC 2005


On Tue, 2005-05-24 at 21:44 -0400, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Tue, 24 May 2005, David G. Miller (aka DaveAtFraud) wrote:
> > 
> > I'm running x86_64.  On the other hand, I can't seem to get the 
> > slightest sign of life out of the wireless using ndiswrapper.
> 
> Um, if you're trying to use 32-bit drivers on your x86_64 box, I doubt it will 
> work.  But I'm not completely sure that's the case.  That's the problem with non 
> OSS drivers, you're not getting something that's guaranteed to work where the 
> kernel works (which is something you do get with in-kernel GPL drivers).

It's not going to work. You might be able to find WinXP 64 beta drivers
for your card, and apparently this has worked for some ndiswrapper
users, although my only exposure to this has been people asking for help
on #fedora.
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