WG311v2 Wireless and SuSE9.1 problems

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Date: 02/28/05 

Date: 27 Feb 2005 16:53:43 -0800

SuSE 9.1Pro
Netgear WG311v2

OK, I think I nearly have this thing working.....but still a bit off.
Here is what I get from a few commands:

#ndiswrapper -l
Installed ndis drivers:
wg311v2 hardware present

Then I run modprobe ndiswrapper and get nothing back, but checking
messages:
ndiswrapper (NdisMAllocateSharedMemory:997): Failed to allocate DMA
coherent memory. Windows driver requested 409600 bytes of un-cached
memory
Feb 27 16:29:19 myhost kernel:
Feb 27 16:29:19 myhost kernel: ndiswrapper (ndis_init_one_pci:1458):
Windows driver couldn't initialize the device
Feb 27 16:29:19 myhost kernel: netwg311.sys: probe of 0000:00:0a.0
failed with error -22
Feb 27 16:29:19 myhost kernel: ndiswrapper: driver netwg311.sys
(NETGEAR, Inc.,06/17/2004,6.0.5.30) added

So it is recognizing the PCI card as a Netgear card, but it is having
trouble initializing. In /etc/ndiswrapper/wg311v2 I now find all the
goodies:
wg311v2.inf netwg311.sys
...and a few assorted other files.

So all seems good, but I am not getting a line:
wlan0: ndiswrapper ethernet device xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx

....as I hoped for in my messages, as in the install notes suggest at:
http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/phpwiki/index.php/Installation

I can't bring the interface up. And I have previously brought down
eth0. So with ifup wlan0 I am getting:
ERROR: No configuration found for wlan0

I look futher back in my messages log and I see this text below. I am
not sure what to make of it, other than it doesn't look all that great.
 Can someone suggest where I could turn to next? I've gone through
dozens of postings and install notes, but haven't come across this
particular situation. Thanks!

I see many people suggesting a move to 9.2 for a solution. I'll try
that as last resort, but hope to get my 9.1 install working instead.

Rob
[text from /var/log/messages below]

Feb 27 16:29:18 myhost kernel: ndiswrapper: unsupported module,
tainting kernel.
Feb 27 16:29:18 myhost kernel: ndiswrapper version 0.10 loaded
(preempt=no,smp=yes)
Feb 27 16:29:19 myhost kernel: loadndisdriver: page allocation failure.
order:7, mode:0xd0
Feb 27 16:29:19 myhost kernel: Call Trace:
Feb 27 16:29:19 myhost kernel: [__alloc_pages+775/784]
__alloc_pages+0x307/0x310
Feb 27 16:29:19 myhost kernel: [<c0153dd7>] __alloc_pages+0x307/0x310
Feb 27 16:29:19 myhost kernel: [__get_free_pages+24/36]
__get_free_pages+0x18/0x24
Feb 27 16:29:19 myhost kernel: [<c0153e48>] __get_free_pages+0x18/0x24
Feb 27 16:29:19 myhost kernel: [dma_alloc_coherent+92/160]
dma_alloc_coherent+0x5c/0xa0
Feb 27 16:29:19 myhost kernel: [<c0110c4c>]
dma_alloc_coherent+0x5c/0xa0
Feb 27 16:29:19 myhost kernel: [__crc_unlock_buffer+891023/1416682]
NdisMAllocateSharedMemory+0x3f/0xd0 [ndiswrapper]
Feb 27 16:29:19 myhost kernel: [<c8e1688f>]
NdisMAllocateSharedMemory+0x3f/0xd0 [ndiswrapper]
Feb 27 16:29:19 myhost kernel: [__crc_unlock_buffer+892947/1416682]
NdisAllocateMemoryWithTag+0x23/0x30 [ndiswrapper]
Feb 27 16:29:19 myhost kernel: [<c8e17013>]
NdisAllocateMemoryWithTag+0x23/0x30 [ndiswrapper]
Feb 27 16:29:19 myhost kernel: [__crc_unlock_buffer+852061/1416682]
call_init+0x4d/0x60 [ndiswrapper]
Feb 27 16:29:19 myhost kernel: [<c8e0d05d>] call_init+0x4d/0x60
[ndiswrapper]
Feb 27 16:29:19 myhost kernel: [__crc_unlock_buffer+865525/1416682]
ndis_init_one_pci+0x95/0x210 [ndiswrapper]
Feb 27 16:29:19 myhost kernel: [<c8e104f5>]
ndis_init_one_pci+0x95/0x210 [ndiswrapper]
Feb 27 16:29:19 myhost kernel: [smp_apic_timer_interrupt+234/352]
smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0xea/0x160
Feb 27 16:29:19 myhost kernel: [<c011afaa>]
smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0xea/0x160
Feb 27 16:29:19 myhost kernel: [__crc_unlock_buffer+865376/1416682]
ndis_init_one_pci+0x0/0x210 [ndiswrapper]
Feb 27 16:29:19 myhost kernel: [<c8e10460>]
ndis_init_one_pci+0x0/0x210 [ndiswrapper]
Feb 27 16:29:19 myhost kernel: [pci_device_probe+158/368]
pci_device_probe+0x9e/0x170
Feb 27 16:29:19 myhost kernel: [<c021c3ae>]
pci_device_probe+0x9e/0x170
Feb 27 16:29:19 myhost kernel: [bus_match+50/112] bus_match+0x32/0x70
Feb 27 16:29:19 myhost kernel: [<c025c322>] bus_match+0x32/0x70
Feb 27 16:29:19 myhost kernel: [driver_attach+79/144]
driver_attach+0x4f/0x90
Feb 27 16:29:19 myhost kernel: [<c025c50f>] driver_attach+0x4f/0x90
Feb 27 16:29:19 myhost kernel: [kobject_register+34/95]
kobject_register+0x22/0x5f
Feb 27 16:29:19 myhost kernel: [<c0211c12>] kobject_register+0x22/0x5f
Feb 27 16:29:19 myhost kernel: [bus_add_driver+141/192]
bus_add_driver+0x8d/0xc0
Feb 27 16:29:19 myhost kernel: [<c025c5dd>] bus_add_driver+0x8d/0xc0
Feb 27 16:29:19 myhost kernel: [pci_register_driver+104/160]
pci_register_driver+0x68/0xa0
Feb 27 16:29:19 myhost kernel: [<c021c618>]
pci_register_driver+0x68/0xa0
Feb 27 16:29:19 myhost kernel: [__crc_unlock_buffer+858361/1416682]
misc_ioctl+0x879/0xae0 [ndiswrapper]
Feb 27 16:29:19 myhost kernel: [<c8e0e8f9>] misc_ioctl+0x879/0xae0
[ndiswrapper]
Feb 27 16:29:19 myhost kernel: [__crc_ckrm_is_core_valid+51747/631731]
journal_end+0xb9/0x100 [reiserfs]
Feb 27 16:29:19 myhost kernel: [<c8b35e29>] journal_end+0xb9/0x100
[reiserfs]
Feb 27 16:29:19 myhost kernel:
[__crc_acpi_evaluate_reference+1586274/1613328]
reiserfs_dirty_inode+0xb8/0xf0 [reiserfs]
Feb 27 16:29:19 myhost kernel: [<c8b22a58>]
reiserfs_dirty_inode+0xb8/0xf0 [reiserfs]
Feb 27 16:29:19 myhost kernel: [__mark_inode_dirty+235/240]
__mark_inode_dirty+0xeb/0xf0
Feb 27 16:29:19 myhost kernel: [<c01952fb>]
__mark_inode_dirty+0xeb/0xf0
Feb 27 16:29:19 myhost kernel: [update_atime+183/208]
update_atime+0xb7/0xd0
Feb 27 16:29:19 myhost kernel: [<c018dbf7>] update_atime+0xb7/0xd0
Feb 27 16:29:19 myhost kernel: [sys_ioctl+798/1269]
sys_ioctl+0x31e/0x4f5
Feb 27 16:29:19 myhost kernel: [<c018617e>] sys_ioctl+0x31e/0x4f5
Feb 27 16:29:19 myhost kernel: [sysenter_past_esp+82/121]
sysenter_past_esp+0x52/0x79
Feb 27 16:29:19 myhost kernel: [<c01091d9>] sysenter_past_esp+0x52/0x7

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