ndiswrapper(8)
NAME
- ndiswrapper - Linux kernel module and user space tool to
- load and run Windows XP drivers for wireless cards
SYNOPSIS
ndiswrapper
DESCRIPTION
- ndiswrapper is two parts: user space tool that is used to
- install Windows XP drivers and kernel module to load the Windows
- XP drivers. Both are called ndiswrapper.
- ndiswrapper - tool
The user space tool (/usr/sbin/ndiswrapper) is used when
- ever a new Windows XP driver is to be installed. This program
- takes the following options:
- OPTIONS
- -i <inf file>
- installs new Windows XP driver, where <inf file> is
- full path to INF file for that driver.
- -l lists the currently installed drivers.
- -e <driver>
- removes an installed Windows XP driver named <driv
- er>.
- -m writes an alias for wlan0 (default wireless device)
- into module configuration file so that ndiswrapper kernel module
- is loaded automatically when this interface is used.
- ndiswrapper - kernel module
The kernel module loads the installed Windows drivers and
- executes them so that the wireless cards can be used in Linux.
- The module takes the following options:
- OPTIONS
- if_name=<basename>
- The default basename for the interface is wlan%d,
- so that the wireless cards will be configured as wlan0, wlan1,
- ... (%d is replaced with lowest available number). You may use
- any other basename or fixed name, such as eth%d, ndis2 etc.
- proc_uid=<uid>
- The module creates files in /proc/net/ndiswrapper
- that provide some useful information. These files are created so
- that they can be read only by root by default. If some other user
- needs to access these files without having to login as root, then
- replace <uid> with the user ID of that user.
- proc_gid=<gid>
- The module creates files in /proc/net/ndiswrapper
- that provide some useful information. These files are created so
- that they can be read only by people in root group by default. If
- users from other groups need to access these files, then replace
- <gid> with the group ID of those users.
- ndiswrapper kernel module uses loadndisdriver user
- space tool to load all the Windows drivers. This tool is not to
- be used under normal circumstances. Only when ndiswrapper module
- is already loaded and a new Windows XP driver is instaleld (by
- ndiswrapper user space tool) and you want the kernel module to
- load that driver without having to unload the module that you
- need to use it.
AUTHOR
- This manual page was written by Giridhar Pemmasani <ndis
- wrapper-general@lists.sourceforge.net>, for the Debian project
- (but may be used by others).
June 25, 2004