ndiswrapper and FC4 x86_64

[Rick Stevens]

Chris Buxton wrote:
> I'm trying to get a wireless card running using ndiswrapper. I'm  using 
> Fedora Core 4 x86/64 SMP.
> 
> When I try to load the modules for my card, I get a bunch of errors,  
> copied below. It seems like ndiswrapper doesn't work (at least using  a 
> 32-bit Windows driver) with a 64-bit kernel. Does anyone know of a  
> solution other than downgrading my kernel to the 32 bit version?

See if you can find a 64-bit version of the .sys files for the card's
Windows driver (not likely, but worth a shot).

> Alternatively, is there a mini-PCI wireless card that works without  
> ndiswrapper? One that will work with the kernel I have? Either  802.11b 
> or 802.11g would be fine.

There are some.  Check www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/
for some links.  Note that a number of makers do not have open-source
drivers for wireless, and some (are you listening TI and Broadcom?)
won't even publish the chip specs to allow someone else to write one.
In other words, don't get a board with TI or Broadcom chips on it.
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