[gentoo-user] 64-bit blues: ndiswrapper

[gentoo-user] 64-bit blues: ndiswrapper

[Grant]

The built-in Atheros AR5006EG wireless adapter in my Acer Aspire 4720Z
laptop doesn't work with madwifi-ng yet.  ndiswrapper is reported to
work on ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net but there is no 64-bit driver
listed.  I've found a 64-bit Vista driver but ndiswrapper doesn't work
with Vista drivers.  Is there any way to use a 32-bit driver with
ndiswrapper on a 64-bit system?

If this wireless card is impossible to use on a 64-bit Linux system I
guess I'll buy a PCI Express or USB card.  Any form factor,
manufacturer, or chipset recommendations?

- Grant

P.S. 64-bits just aren't worth it on the desktop.
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Re: [gentoo-user] 64-bit blues: ndiswrapper

[david]

Grant wrote:
> The built-in Atheros AR5006EG wireless adapter in my Acer Aspire 4720Z
> laptop doesn't work with madwifi-ng yet.  ndiswrapper is reported to
> work on ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net but there is no 64-bit driver
> listed.  I've found a 64-bit Vista driver but ndiswrapper doesn't work
> with Vista drivers.  Is there any way to use a 32-bit driver with
> ndiswrapper on a 64-bit system?
>
> If this wireless card is impossible to use on a 64-bit Linux system I
> guess I'll buy a PCI Express or USB card.  Any form factor,
> manufacturer, or chipset recommendations?
>
> - Grant
>
> P.S. 64-bits just aren't worth it on the desktop.
>   
I have used the windows 64 from here;
http://www.atheros.cz/

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Re: [gentoo-user] 64-bit blues: ndiswrapper

[Grant]

> > The built-in Atheros AR5006EG wireless adapter in my Acer Aspire 4720Z
> > laptop doesn't work with madwifi-ng yet.  ndiswrapper is reported to
> > work on ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net but there is no 64-bit driver
> > listed.  I've found a 64-bit Vista driver but ndiswrapper doesn't work
> > with Vista drivers.  Is there any way to use a 32-bit driver with
> > ndiswrapper on a 64-bit system?
> >
> > If this wireless card is impossible to use on a 64-bit Linux system I
> > guess I'll buy a PCI Express or USB card.  Any form factor,
> > manufacturer, or chipset recommendations?
> >
> > - Grant
> >
> > P.S. 64-bits just aren't worth it on the desktop.
> >
> I have used the windows 64 from here;
> http://www.atheros.cz/

I tried that but I get in dmesg:

ndiswrapper version 1.50 loaded (smp=yes, preempt=no)
ndiswrapper (link_pe_images:576): fixing KI_USER_SHARED_DATA address
in the driver
ndiswrapper: driver net5211 (,06/21/2007,5.3.0.56) loaded
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:04:00.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
ndiswrapper (ZwClose:2227): closing handle 0x0 not implemented
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:04:00.0 to 64
ndiswrapper (NdisWriteErrorLogEntry:191): log: C0001389, count: 4,
return_address: ffffffff8809a56e
ndiswrapper (NdisWriteErrorLogEntry:194): code: 0x14858800
ndiswrapper (NdisWriteErrorLogEntry:194): code: 0x28
ndiswrapper (NdisWriteErrorLogEntry:194): code: 0x100ca000
ndiswrapper (NdisWriteErrorLogEntry:194): code: 0x100ca000
ndiswrapper (mp_init:216): couldn't initialize device: C000009A
ndiswrapper (pnp_start_device:439): Windows driver couldn't initialize
the device (C0000001)
ndiswrapper (mp_halt:259): device ffff810017576700 is not initialized
- not halting
ndiswrapper: device eth%d removed
ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:04:00.0 disabled
ndiswrapper: probe of 0000:04:00.0 failed with error -22

Does that mean Acer uses a special implementation of AR5006EG that
won't work with the standard AR5006EG driver?

- Grant
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[Neil Walker]

Grant wrote:
> The built-in Atheros AR5006EG wireless adapter in my Acer Aspire 4720Z
> laptop doesn't work with madwifi-ng yet.

Hmm. My AR5006EG works just fine with madwifi-ng. ;-)

> 64-bits just aren't worth it on the desktop.
>   

They are if you have 4G RAM or more. ;-)


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Re: {Spam?} Re: [gentoo-user] 64-bit blues: ndiswrapper

[Grant]

> > The built-in Atheros AR5006EG wireless adapter in my Acer Aspire 4720Z
> > laptop doesn't work with madwifi-ng yet.
>
> Hmm. My AR5006EG works just fine with madwifi-ng. ;-)

Is that right?  Which version of madwifi-ng are you using?  What does
it say in dmesg?  Everyone is having the same trouble as I am here:

http://madwifi.org/ticket/859

Is your card built into a laptop?  If so, which brand?  Thanks for your time.

- Grant
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[Neil Walker]

Grant wrote:
> Which version of madwifi-ng are you using?

0.9.3.3
> What does it say in dmesg?

ath_hal: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel.
ath_hal: 0.9.18.0 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413)
wlan: 0.8.4.2 (0.9.3.3)
ath_pci: 0.9.4.5 (0.9.3.3)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:00.0[A] -> GSI 24 (level, low) -> IRQ 24
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:02:00.0 to 64
ath_rate_sample: 1.2 (0.9.3.3)
wifi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
wifi0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 
24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
wifi0: H/W encryption support: WEP AES AES_CCM TKIP
wifi0: mac 10.0 phy 6.1 radio 10.2
wifi0: Use hw queue 1 for WME_AC_BE traffic
wifi0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BK traffic
wifi0: Use hw queue 2 for WME_AC_VI traffic
wifi0: Use hw queue 3 for WME_AC_VO traffic
wifi0: Use hw queue 8 for CAB traffic
wifi0: Use hw queue 9 for beacons
wifi0: Atheros 5424/2424: mem=0xca800000, irq=24

> Is your card built into a laptop?

Yes.

>   If so, which brand?

It's made by Evesham Micros, a UK company, based on a Mitac chassis.




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Re: {Spam?} [gentoo-user] 64-bit blues: ndiswrapper

[Grant]

> > Which version of madwifi-ng are you using?
>
> 0.9.3.3
> > What does it say in dmesg?
>
> ath_hal: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel.
> ath_hal: 0.9.18.0 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413)
> wlan: 0.8.4.2 (0.9.3.3)
> ath_pci: 0.9.4.5 (0.9.3.3)
> ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:00.0[A] -> GSI 24 (level, low) -> IRQ 24
> PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:02:00.0 to 64
> ath_rate_sample: 1.2 (0.9.3.3)
> wifi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
> wifi0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps
> 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
> wifi0: H/W encryption support: WEP AES AES_CCM TKIP
> wifi0: mac 10.0 phy 6.1 radio 10.2
> wifi0: Use hw queue 1 for WME_AC_BE traffic
> wifi0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BK traffic
> wifi0: Use hw queue 2 for WME_AC_VI traffic
> wifi0: Use hw queue 3 for WME_AC_VO traffic
> wifi0: Use hw queue 8 for CAB traffic
> wifi0: Use hw queue 9 for beacons
> wifi0: Atheros 5424/2424: mem=0xca800000, irq=24
>
> > Is your card built into a laptop?
>
> Yes.
>
> >   If so, which brand?
>
> It's made by Evesham Micros, a UK company, based on a Mitac chassis.

Thanks Neil.  This Acer one must be different.

- Grant
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