I have newest Knoppix 3.4 and installed kernel-source-2.6.5 from Debian unstable and changed symlinks to point to the new source.
When installing ndiswrapper there is no problem with make install:
Even installing Windows XP drivers (Linksys WMP11 v. 2.7 with Broadcom chipset) went fine:Code:root@abc:/home/tapsa/ndiswrapper-0.7# make install make -C driver install make[1]: Entering directory `/home/tapsa/ndiswrapper-0.7/driver' make -C /lib/modules/2.6.5/build SUBDIRS=/home/tapsa/ndiswrapper-0.7/driver DRV_VERSION=0.7 modules make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.6.5' *** Warning: Overriding SUBDIRS on the command line can cause *** inconsistencies make[3]: `arch/i386/kernel/asm-offsets.s' is up to date. CHK include/asm-i386/asm_offsets.h CC [M] /home/tapsa/ndiswrapper-0.7/driver/wrapper.o CC [M] /home/tapsa/ndiswrapper-0.7/driver/iw_ndis.o CC [M] /home/tapsa/ndiswrapper-0.7/driver/loader.o CC [M] /home/tapsa/ndiswrapper-0.7/driver/ntoskernel.o CC [M] /home/tapsa/ndiswrapper-0.7/driver/ndis.o CC [M] /home/tapsa/ndiswrapper-0.7/driver/misc_funcs.o CC [M] /home/tapsa/ndiswrapper-0.7/driver/proc.o CC [M] /home/tapsa/ndiswrapper-0.7/driver/divdi3.o CC [M] /home/tapsa/ndiswrapper-0.7/driver/hal.o LD [M] /home/tapsa/ndiswrapper-0.7/driver/ndiswrapper.o Building modules, stage 2. MODPOST CC /home/tapsa/ndiswrapper-0.7/driver/ndiswrapper.mod.o LD [M] /home/tapsa/ndiswrapper-0.7/driver/ndiswrapper.ko make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.6.5' mkdir -p /lib/modules/2.6.5/misc install -m 0644 ndiswrapper.ko /lib/modules/2.6.5/misc /sbin/depmod -a make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/tapsa/ndiswrapper-0.7/driver' make -C utils install make[1]: Entering directory `/home/tapsa/ndiswrapper-0.7/utils' cc -Wall -g -c -o wlan_radio_averatec_5110hx.o wlan_radio_averatec_5110hx.c gcc -o wlan_radio_averatec_5110hx wlan_radio_averatec_5110hx.o cc -Wall -g -c -o loadndisdriver.o loadndisdriver.c gcc -o loadndisdriver loadndisdriver.o install -m 755 loadndisdriver /sbin install -m 755 ndiswrapper /usr/sbin install -m 755 wlan_radio_averatec_5110hx /usr/sbin make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/tapsa/ndiswrapper-0.7/utils' root@abc:/home/tapsa/ndiswrapper-0.7#
Code:root@abc:/home/tapsa/ndiswrapper-0.7# ndiswrapper -i /lib/windrivers/wmp11v27.inf ls: /etc/ndiswrapper: Tiedostoa tai hakemistoa ei ole Installing wmp11v27 root@abc:/home/tapsa/ndiswrapper-0.7#But when trying to load module ndiswrapper difficulties begins:Code:root@abc:/home/tapsa/ndiswrapper-0.7# ndiswrapper -l Installed ndis drivers: wmp11v27 present root@abc:/home/tapsa/ndiswrapper-0.7
Code:root@abc:/home/tapsa/ndiswrapper-0.7# modprobe ndiswrapper FATAL: Error inserting ndiswrapper (/lib/modules/2.6.5/misc/ndiswrapper.ko): Invalid module format
As you see before I have changed processor type to Pentium II with make menuconfig.Code:root@abc:/home/tapsa/ndiswrapper-0.7# dmesg | grep ndiswrapper ndiswrapper: version magic '2.6.5 SMP preempt PENTIUMII gcc-3.3' should be '2.6.5 SMP preempt 386 gcc-2.95' root@abc:/home/tapsa/ndiswrapper-0.7#
Is it possibly to install ndiswrapper without compiling kernel afresh without multi-processor support?
I have used ndiswrapper with previous Knoppix 3.3 versions by copying beforehand compiled kernel with success. But now I would like to use Knoppix's own SMP kernel. Is it possible somehow?

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