modprobe
Rick Stevens
rstevens at vitalstream.com
Wed Dec 8 23:43:36 UTC 2004
brad.mugleston at comcast.net wrote:
>
> Thanks, very interesting but I'm still running FC2 --
Well, you don't have to go through the SRPM/rpmbuild/cleanup stuff
with FC2, but I built ndiswrapper 0.8 on all of the FC2 kernels with
no gotchas. That was with the default 4K stacks and all.
Under FC2, do the following IN THE GIVEN SEQUENCE:
1. Installed the kernel-source RPM
2. Bugger the kernel Makefile's EXTRAVERSION thing
3. Do a "make mrproper"
4. Copy the config file from /boot to /usr/src/linux/.config
5. Do a "make oldconfig" in the kernel source tree
6. Go to your ndiswrapper source directory
7. Do a "make clean;make;make install"
I'll bet it works.
> 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).
I'm pretty certain you didn't do the "make oldconfig" on the kernel
source tree BEFORE you built ndiswrapper. "get_user_size" is defined in
the kernel source's "../include/asm/uaccess.h" file. Note that
"../include/asm" is a symbolic link to the appropriate
"../include/asm-(processor-type)" directory. That symlink is created
at the "make [old]config" step of the kernel build process.
Remember, you MUST go through AT LEAST the "make config" or "make
oldconfig" step in the kernel BEFORE you build ndiswrapper. In fact,
that's true of almost any kernel module--you must configure the kernel
source or many of the module's dependencies won't be set properly.
> 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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>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
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