modprobe

Wed Dec 8 23:16:03 UTC 2004

Thanks, very interesting but I'm still running FC2 -- 

I did some web searching for get_user_size and saw where the 
problem was ran into before and the question asked but no 
response to the questions ever posted.  I reasked the question in 
one ndiswrapper group and haven't heard anything yet (but it was 
late last night so I'm not too worried yet).

Brad

On Wed, 8 Dec 2004, Rick Stevens wrote:

> brad.mugleston at comcast.net wrote:
> > I know I'm suppose to bottom post but I'm kind of starting over.
> > 
> > 1 - cleaned out all ndiswrapper (reversed everything).
> > 2 - using UP2DATE upgraded to the newest kernel and source
> > 3 - found an RPM that is suppose to fix the 4K limit
> > 4 - make my symbolic link to the new kernel as instructed (I've 
> > been doing reboots to make sure the latest is running)
> > 5 - got up to make install and got a warning about being unable 
> > to do something with variable get_user_size - being a warning I 
> > took note.
> > 6 - got to the mdoprobe ndiswrapper step and got an error about 
> > get_user_size and there I sit.
> > 
> > SUggestions?  I checked the FAQ and didn't see this I will do 
> > more of a search when my grandson falls asleep (need more light 
> > in the room).
> 
> My addled brain has lost track of this.  Was this on FC3?  I just built
> ndiswrapper 0.11 on my laptop running FC3 (kernel 2.6.9-1.681_FC3) with
> no patches (4K stacks) and it built and runs fine with my Broadcom
> BCM4306 using Windows XP drivers.
> 
> The trick is, of course, getting the kernel source for FC3.  You must
> download the kernel source RPM (there is no "kernel-source" RPM yet, you
> must get the SRPM from the SRPM repository).  Install the SRPM via:
> 
> 	cd /download/directory
> 	rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.9-1.681_FC3.src.rpm
> 
> To make this look like one of the older "kernel-source" RPM installs,
> you have to patch the sources and create the kernel source tree.  To do
> this, go to /usr/src/redhat/SPECS and run:
> 
> 	rpmbuild --target i686 -bp kernel-2.6.spec
> 
> After some crunching and chewing, the source tree is created...but not
> in the spot you expect it to be.  You can move it to the classic spot
> by:
> 
> 	cd /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/kernel-2.6.9
> 	mv linux-2.6.9 /usr/src/linux-2.6.9-1.681_FC3
> 
> Ok, now the source tree is in /usr/src.  Make the appropriate symlinks
> in /usr/src:
> 
> 	cd /usr/src
> 	rm -f linux linux-2.6
> 	ln -s linux-2.6.9-1.681_FC3 linux
> 	ln -s linux-2.6.9-1.681_FC3 linux-2.6
> 
> Don't forget to edit "/usr/src/linux/Makefile" to change the
> "EXTRAVERSION=" definition to match the actual kernel version.  For
> uniprocessors:
> 
> 	EXTRAVERSION = -1.681_FC3
> 
> for SMP:
> 
> 	EXTRAVERSION = -1.681_FC3.smp
> 
> (I think that's it for SMP, "uname -r" will tell you for sure).  Once
> you've got that done, you can clean up the cruft left by rpmbuild by:
> 
> 	cd /usr/src/redhat
> 	rm -rf BUILD/* RPMS/* SOURCES/* SPECS/* SRPMS/*
> 	cd /usr/src/linux
> 	make mrproper
> 
> Now you've got the FC3 kernel source just like the old "kernel-source"
> RPMs used to make (mmmm!  tasty!).  Copy the config file from /boot to
> "/usr/src/linux/.config" and do AT LEAST
> 
> 	cd /usr/src/linux
> 	make oldconfig
> 
> Once that's done, you've got the kernel source tree configured for your
> system.  Assuming you're running that kernel (or you've buggered the
> ndiswrapper Makefile to point at this kernel source tree), you can build
> ndiswrapper.
> 
> As I said, I built ndiswrapper V0.11 in just this manner and it works
> fine.  Your mileage may vary.  Void where prohibited.  Batteries not
> included.  Etc., etc.
> 
> > On Mon, 6 Dec 2004, Rick Stevens wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>Mark Knecht wrote:
> >>
> >>>On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 23:52:19 -0700 (MST), brad.mugleston at comcast.net
> >>><brad.mugleston at comcast.net> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>ok, I downloaded and built my own kernel package.  Went through
> >>>>everything as before and got to "modprobe ndiswrapper" which
> >>>>worked this time (one more step done)  Looked in the system log
> >>>>and didn't find the message about ndiswrapper being loaded.
> >>>>
> >>>>I had gotten the warning that I only had a 4k stack size and I
> >>>>may have problems - it didn't lock up or anything like it said it
> >>>>just didn't work.
> >>>>
> >>>>So I have two questions
> >>>>
> >>>>1 - any good instructions on how to get the stack size larger?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Not that I know of. I thought it might be a kernel config option but I
> >>>can't find it this morning.
> >>
> >>You must rebuild the kernel to go back to the old 8K stack size.  There
> >>is no other way to do it.  ndiswrapper >0.80 works fine with a 4K stack.
> >>
> >>
> >>>>2 - I've read the install instructions a number of times and each
> >>>>time I find something else I probably need to do.  It says to
> >>>>make sure I have the "Wireless Tools" installed.  What are those
> >>>>and how do I tell if I have them installed.  If they aren't
> >>>>installed where do I get them to install them?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Here's one link. Sorry this isn't easier on FC. It's trivial on Gentoo.
> >>>
> >>>http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html
> >>
> >>ndiswrapper is not a difficult thing to build or install.  There are
> >>several prerequisites:
> >>
> >>1.  You MUST have the kernel source installed for the kernel you are
> >>planning to have the driver run on.
> >>
> >>2.  You must be RUNNING that kernel before you build ndiswrapper.  The
> >>Makefile for ndiswraper does a "uname -r" to see which kernel to build
> >>for (or you can bugger the Makefile to make it use the one you want).
> >>
> >>3.  You must have the gone through at least the equivalent of "make 
> >>config" on the kernel source to configure it for your usage.  This
> >>can be done by copying the appropriate config file from /boot and
> >>to the kernel source directory's ".config" file and executing "make
> >>oldconfig".
> >>
> >>4.  You can then build ndiswrapper.  Don't forget to do "make install".
> >>You will find the driver installed as
> >>
> >>	/lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/misc/ndiswrapper.ko
> >>
> >>5.  Now it's installed.  You can follow the rest of the instructions in
> >>the README/INSTALL files.
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