Subject: Re: ndis & kernel
To: Juan RP <juan@xtrarom.org>
From: Steven M. Bellovin <smb@cs.columbia.edu>
List: current-users
Date: 05/30/2007 13:17:14
On Wed, 30 May 2007 18:33:48 +0200
Juan RP <juan@xtrarom.org> wrote:

> On Sun, 27 May 2007 17:16:45 +0000 (UTC)
> jim erickson <psykojime@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > i am using a wg311v3 netgear wireless pci card with the marvell
> > chipset. i would gratefully use netbsd if only the kernel were ndis
> > enabled by default. for the life of me i can't get this kernel to
> > compile. thank you for listening.
> 
> I don't get what you are requesting... there's enough info in the
> i386/ndis(4) manpage.
> 
> And no, it cannot be enabled by default because it needs additional
> files from windows drivers.
> 
It would be great spot if the Windows piece could be an LKM.


		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb