Can't build kernel with ndis

[Thomas Mueller]

I am trying to build FreeBSD update, STABLE branch, and buildkernel apparently snagged on ndis, which I don't want to do without.  According to "man ndis", I need in kernel config

     options NDISAPI
     device ndis
     device wlan

which I have:

device          wlan            # 802.11 support
options NDISAPI # This is in the hope of enabling Hiro USB wireless adapter
device ndis

Error message, final lines of buildkernel log file, are

MAKE=make sh /usr/src/sys/conf/newvers.sh SANDY
/usr/local/bin/svnversion
cc -c -O2 -frename-registers -pipe -fno-strict-aliasing  -std=c99 -g -Wall -Wred
undant-decls -Wnested-externs -Wstrict-prototypes  -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointe
r-arith -Winline -Wcast-qual  -Wundef -Wno-pointer-sign -fformat-extensions  -Wm
issing-include-dirs -fdiagnostics-show-option   -nostdinc  -I. -I/usr/src/sys -I
/usr/src/sys/contrib/altq -D_KERNEL -DHAVE_KERNEL_OPTION_HEADERS -include opt_gl
obal.h -fno-common -finline-limit=8000 --param inline-unit-growth=100 --param la
rge-function-growth=1000  -fno-omit-frame-pointer -mcmodel=kernel -mno-red-zone
-mno-mmx -mno-sse -msoft-float  -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -ffreestanding -
fstack-protector -Werror  vers.c
linking kernel.debug
if_ndis.o: In function `ndis_detach':
/usr/src/sys/dev/if_ndis/if_ndis.c:1084: undefined reference to `ndis_free_amem'
if_ndis.o: In function `ndis_attach':
/usr/src/sys/dev/if_ndis/if_ndis.c:563: undefined reference to `ndis_alloc_amem'
*** [kernel.debug] Error code 1

Stop in /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SANDY.
*** [buildkernel] Error code 1

Stop in /usr/src.
*** [buildkernel] Error code 1

Stop in /usr/src.

Now Ian Lepore suggests adding to kernel config

device pccard

So I uncommented the device lines for cbb, pccard and cardbus even though my computer has no PCMCIA.  I don't know why, this ought to be documented.

So the kernel apparently built but would not install due to something related to auditdistd. 

UPDATING file refers to auditdistd(8) as if it were a man page, but I could find it nowhere, not even the FreeBSD online man pages.

I ran mergemaster -p but didn't want to let it destroy my master.passwd, so I would up adding auditdistd user line with vi editor.  But the kernel still wouldn't install.  Now I am at an impasse.  Maybe wait until 9.1 is really released?

Tom