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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I am interested in Purchasing DriverLoader if it will work for
my configuration which is</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Dell 5100 w/Truemobil 1300 card and SuSE 9.3</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I read a March 17 2005 post from one of your customers and
Jonathan’s (TECH Support) reply</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I have enclosed the thread Below.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>My question is As I do not want to recompile a special kernel
/ Can I disable or modify the CONFIG_PEEMPT option and if I do what other
functionality will be effected?</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> Thank You, I want to install linux and a new laptop is
not an option but the WLAN card is essential.</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'>Bob</span></font></p>
<pre><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>**********************************************************************</span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Hi,</span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>you could try with previous releases of the Windows XP driver to see if </span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>there is a difference. For example, you could try this one:</span></font></pre><pre><font
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size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="http://ftp.us.dell.com/network/R74092us.EXE">http://ftp.us.dell.com/network/R74092us.EXE</a></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Under Linux, you can use the 'unzip' command on the .EXE file to extract </span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>the Windows driver. The required .INF file will be named </span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>'AR/bcmwl5a.inf' inside the .EXE file.</span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>If it doesn't fix the problem, please make sure that your kernel was not </span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>compiled with the 'CONFIG_PREEMPT' option. If you kernel was compiled </span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>with this option, please disable it, re-compile your kernel and then </span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>re-compile the DriverLoader module with the 'dldrconfig -k' command in a </span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>root shell.</span></font></pre><pre><font
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size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Regards,</span></font></pre><pre><font
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size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Jonathan</span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Technical specialist / Linuxant</span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>www.linuxant.com</span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="https://www.linuxant.com/mailman/listinfo/driverloader">support at linuxant.com</a></span></font></pre><pre><font
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size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Joel Konkle-Parker wrote:</span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>><i><span
style='font-style:italic'> I have a Dell Inspiron 5150 with a TrueMobile 1300 MPCI 802.11b/g card</span></i></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>><i><span
style='font-style:italic'> inside. I've used Driverloader with Dell's drivers successfully since</span></i></span></font></pre><pre><font
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style='font-style:italic'> the 1.0x days.</span></i></span></font></pre><pre><font
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style='font-style:italic'> </span></i></span></font></pre><pre><font size=2
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style='font-style:italic'> Today, though, I upgraded to Driverloader 2.26 and Windows driver</span></i></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>><i><span
style='font-style:italic'> 3.100.35.1 (R94827), and I've been getting severe periodic system</span></i></span></font></pre><pre><font
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style='font-style:italic'> lockups. They happen very randomly, sometimes after a while of usage,</span></i></span></font></pre><pre><font
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style='font-style:italic'> sometimes as soon as during the boot process. Always it's a full system</span></i></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>><i><span
style='font-style:italic'> lock, with no recovery other than a cold reboot.</span></i></span></font></pre><pre><font
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style='font-style:italic'> </span></i></span></font></pre><pre><font size=2
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style='font-style:italic'> It's definitely caused by Driverloader, though. I've removed all traces</span></i></span></font></pre><pre><font
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style='font-style:italic'> of it from my system and am now using a wired connection, and everything</span></i></span></font></pre><pre><font
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style='font-style:italic'> is fine. When I install 2.26 with the new drivers, the system</span></i></span></font></pre><pre><font
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style='font-style:italic'> immediately locks and does so after every reboot in which Driverloader</span></i></span></font></pre><pre><font
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style='font-style:italic'> is used.</span></i></span></font></pre><pre><font
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style='font-style:italic'> </span></i></span></font></pre><pre><font size=2
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style='font-style:italic'> I do have a wired connection here, so I'm willing to test various things</span></i></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>><i><span
style='font-style:italic'> to help you guys figure this out. I can try different Driverloader</span></i></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>><i><span
style='font-style:italic'> releases, different Windows driver releases, and different kernels, if</span></i></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>><i><span
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style='font-style:italic'> </span></i></span></font></pre><pre><font size=2
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style='font-style:italic'> I'm using Gentoo with kernel 2.6.8-gentoo-r3 with your 16k stack patch</span></i></span></font></pre><pre><font
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