Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: Florian Philipp <f.philipp@××××××.de>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Ndiswrapper - short question
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 19:25:29
Message-Id: 200706242123.23515.f.philipp@addcom.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Ndiswrapper - short question by Barry Walsh
1 Am Sonntag 24 Juni 2007 20:16 schrieb Barry Walsh:
2 > Florian Philipp wrote:
3 > > Hi!
4 > >
5 > > Should I use 64bit or 32bit Windows drivers on AMD64?
6 > >
7 > > Thanks in advance!
8 > >
9 > > Florian Philipp
10 >
11 > 64bit NDISwrapper needs 64bit Windows drivers.
12 > Example of which is here
13 > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_wmp54gs
14 >
15 > But what card is it that you need to use NDISwrapper rather than
16 > something native?
17
18 Realtek_RTL8187
19
20 It's the onboard USB-WLAN-adapter on my ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe mainboard. A
21 native driver exists ( net-wireless/rtl8187 ) but it is hardmasked.
22
23 Fortunately 64bit Windows drivers are provided by Realtek.

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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Ndiswrapper - short question Christoph Mende <angelos@g.o>