Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: Beso <givemesugarr@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] latest kernel and ndiswrapper
Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:16:03
Message-Id: d257c3560710090603xa15d8a2r637c7852dd21bb16@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] latest kernel and ndiswrapper by Mark Haney
1 still you cannot use them at the same time you're using ndiswrapper.... for
2 what i know you cannot use bcm43xx or any other linux modules and
3 ndiswrapper with the same wireless interface at the same time.... but i
4 still may be wrong....
5
6 2007/10/9, Mark Haney <mhaney@××××××××××××.org>:
7 >
8 > Beso wrote:
9 > > if you load at boot bcm43xx as hal should do, you have to unload them
10 > before
11 > > using ndiswrapper. if you want to stop them from loading put:
12 > >
13 > > blacklist bcm43xx in this file:
14 > > /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
15 > > and remember that you need also the firmware in /lib/firmware if you're
16 > > using the bcm43xx modules.
17 > >
18 >
19 > I don't have the bcm modules auto-loading at the moment, mainly so I can
20 > test them, however, I ran ndiswrapper just fine with those modules
21 > loaded (I loaded them manually). Not that that makes any difference to
22 > the discussion, but it is more for your information that it can be done.
23 >
24 > Thanks again for all the help.
25 >
26 >
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31 >
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45 dott. ing. beso