NDISulator on amd64

Scott Long scottl at samsco.org
Wed Mar 30 12:25:26 PST 2005


Matteo Riondato wrote:
> Hi folks,
> few hours ago I saw that ndiscvt was connected to the amd64 build, so,
> about 2 hours ago, I cvsupped and rebuilded my system.
> After the reboot, I converted the Windows driver to
> ndis_driver_data.h, builded the if_ndis.ko module and loaded ndisk.ko
> and if_ndis.ko.
> When I try to load if_ndis with "kldload if_ndis", I get:
> link_elf_obj: symbol MRV8Kx64_sys_drv_data_start undefined
> kldload: Unsupported file type
> kldload: an't load if_ndis: Exec format error
> 
> My card is a .11g card onboard my Asus A8V-E Deluxe motherboard. 
> BTW, am I supposed to use 64bit drivers or 32bit drivers with NDIS?
> 
> Any hint will be much appreciated.
> Thank you in advance
> Best Regards

Interesting.  I have this exact same motherboard, and when I tried the
driver I got an instant reboot.  You do need to use the 64-bit version
of the .inf and .sys files (which I found on the driver disk that came
with the motherboard).

Scott


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