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Subject: Re: trouble building 'ndis' device driver into stripped-down custom
	kernel.
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> Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 15:32:30 -0400
> Subject: Re: trouble building 'ndis' device driver into stripped-down custom kernel.
> From: Gardner Bell <gardnerbell@gmail.com>
>
> On 10 September 2012 15:23, Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com> 
> wrote:
> >
> > Enviorment is FreeBSD 8.3,  i386
> >
> > I'm currently running a stipped-down custom kernal with all superfluous 
> > devices/options removed.
> >
> > I'm trying to add the 'ndis' device back in, but when I follow the 
> > directions on the ndis(4) manpage, and add:
> >     options NDISAPI device  ndis
>
> Is device wlan still part of your config ?

Yup. I'm just changing which wireless card I'm using.

Thanks for the thought.

> > and try to re-compile the kernel (config, cd, make depend, make), 
> > linking fails, with:
> >     if_ndis.o(.text+0x1104): In function 'ndis_detach':
> >     : undefined reference to 'ndis_free_amem'
> >     if_ndis.o(.text+0x1194): In function 'ndis_attach':
> >     : undefined reference to 'ndis_alloc_amem'
> >
> > Obviously, the config file is missing 'something'  -- does anybody have 
> > any ideat _what_ that something is?