NDIS broken?

[Glen Barber]

Hi

On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 7:51 PM, Jeff Dowsley <jeff.dowsley at mac.com> wrote:
> Folks
>
> Just upgraded from 7.2 to 8.0RC1
>
> Under 7.2, I was using an ndis wrapper to provide a Windows network driver
> for an old Linksys PCMIA card (non-ath). Worked beautifully as per the
> Handbook under 7.2.
>
> Sadly, under 8.0RC1, the process to generate the wrapper appears to work OK,
> but when I attempt to set any of the card's parameters, ifconfig returns I/O
> errors.
>
> For example:
>
> ifconfig ndis0 up               (back to prompt without errors, but then...
>
> ifconfig ndis0 inet 192.168.1.105 netmask 255.255.255.0
>
> ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCAIFADDR): Invalid argument
>
> or
>
> ifconfig ndis0 ssid chcs
>
> ifconfig: SIOCS80211: Invalid argument
>
>

Have a look at the 20080420 entry in /usr/src/UPDATING for 8.X.  You
have to change ndis to wlan with an additional change in rc.conf.

HTH.

-- 
Glen Barber