[driverloader] Misc. problems with the driverloader module

[Peter Theunis]

Context
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Distribution:	Gentoo
kernel:		2.4.23-pac1
version:	driverloader-1.54 (built from tarball)
Win drivers:	07/31/2003,1.2.0.58
Hardware:	IBM Thinkpad T40, with Intel Centrino 802.11b mini-PCI card

Issues
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The wrapper works ok to the exceptions of a few (show stopper) issues (see below).

#1: After a couple hours of use:
Wifi stops working and i get "netndis_xmitcomplete_handler: err -5" syslog messages, I have to unload and reload the driverloader module to have it work again.
This has been happening since the first time I tried the driver, almost a month ago. Since then I've upgraded it quite a few time, without any improvement.

#2: I just got the following syslog error, it recovered though:
 
Dec 31 12:02:38 stella driverloader: ndisWrapCheckForHangTimerFunc_stk: PCI-0000:02:02.0-8086:1043-              
8086:2551 hung, resetting
Dec 31 12:02:38 stella eth1: New link status: Disconnected (0002)
Dec 31 12:02:40 stella eth1: netndis_reset: Error -5 performing reset
Dec 31 12:02:42 stella Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000004
Dec 31 12:02:42 stella printing eip:
Dec 31 12:02:42 stella c01253de
Dec 31 12:02:42 stella *pde = 00000000
Dec 31 12:02:42 stella Oops: 0000
Dec 31 12:02:42 stella CPU:    0
Dec 31 12:02:42 stella EIP:    0010:[<c01253de>]    Tainted: P 
Dec 31 12:02:42 stella EFLAGS: 00010246
Dec 31 12:02:42 stella eax: 00000000   ebx: 00000000   ecx: c1c1cba0   edx: 00000000
Dec 31 12:02:42 stella esi: de224000   edi: f659f000   ebp: de225fec   esp: de225fbc
Dec 31 12:02:42 stella ds: 0018   es: 0018   ss: 0018
Dec 31 12:02:42 stella Process kdldrd/eth1 (pid: 13743, stackpage=de225000)
Dec 31 12:02:42 stella Stack: de224000 c01072fc 00000100 00000100 f758e300 f8e5dc47 f8e6a862 e43fbe              
b4 
Dec 31 12:02:42 stella e43fbea4 f6590018 00000100 e43fbde0 e43fbe4c c010570e f758e300 f8e5dc20 
Dec 31 12:02:42 stella e43fa000 
Dec 31 12:02:42 stella Call Trace:    [<c01072fc>] [<f8e5dc47>] [<f8e6a862>] [<c010570e>] [<f8e5dc2              
0>]
Dec 31 12:02:42 stella 
Dec 31 12:02:42 stella Code: 3b 58 04 7d 33 ba 06 00 00 00 90 8d b4 26 00 00 00 00 8b 40 
Dec 31 12:02:42 stella <3>driverloader: ndisWrapSetConfiguration: "LicenseKey": type mismatch (1 no              
t integer)
Dec 31 12:02:47 stella driverloader: ndisWrapCheckForHangTimerFunc_stk: PCI-0000:02:02.0-8086:1043-              
8086:2551 hung, resetting
Dec 31 12:02:48 stella driverloader: ndisSetInformation: 802_11_SSID st=FAILURE retrying..
Dec 31 12:02:49 stella driverloader: ndisWrapCheckForHangTimerFunc_stk: PCI-0000:02:02.0-8086:1043-              
8086:2551 hung, resetting
Dec 31 12:02:50 stella driverloader: ndisSetInformation: 802_11_AUTHENTICATION_MODE st=FAILURE W=0               
N=0
Dec 31 12:02:50 stella eth1: Error -5 setting authentication mode
Dec 31 12:02:51 stella eth1: New link status: Connected (0001)


Any chances on getting this fixed ? I plan to buy the wrapper, but only if it's more stable; otherwise i'll just replace the mini-PCI card with one that has native drivers.

Thanks,

peter

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