ndiswrapper error

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I am experiencing an intermittent problem with ndiswrapper:

Jan 4 23:52:00 dv2100 irq 20: nobody cared (try booting with the "irqpoll" option)
Jan 4 23:52:00 dv2100 [<c01358b7>] __report_bad_irq+0x2b/0x69
Jan 4 23:52:00 dv2100 [<c0135aab>] note_interrupt+0x1b6/0x1ef
Jan 4 23:52:00 dv2100 [<c01350bb>] handle_IRQ_event+0x23/0x49
Jan 4 23:52:00 dv2100 [<c0135193>] __do_IRQ+0xb2/0xe6
Jan 4 23:52:00 dv2100 [<c0104ae5>] do_IRQ+0x43/0x52
Jan 4 23:52:00 dv2100 [<c010319e>] common_interrupt+0x1a/0x20
Jan 4 23:52:00 dv2100 [<c04ab03b>] _spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x5/0x6
Jan 4 23:52:00 dv2100 [<f95022d6>] os_release_sema+0x3e/0x6b [nvidia]
Jan 4 23:52:00 dv2100 [<f92a8706>] _nv002470rm+0x12/0x18 [nvidia]
Jan 4 23:52:00 dv2100 [<f940f897>] _nv005438rm+0x23/0x28 [nvidia]
Jan 4 23:52:00 dv2100 [<f92ac5cc>] _nv001806rm+0x9c/0xa8 [nvidia]
Jan 4 23:52:00 dv2100 [<f92ac5b7>] _nv001806rm+0x87/0xa8 [nvidia]
Jan 4 23:52:00 dv2100 [<f92b0c77>] rm_isr_bh+0x3f/0x68 [nvidia]
Jan 4 23:52:00 dv2100 [<f92b0c99>] rm_isr_bh+0x61/0x68 [nvidia]
Jan 4 23:52:00 dv2100 [<f94ff5ec>] nv_kern_isr_bh+0x19/0x23 [nvidia]
Jan 4 23:52:00 dv2100 [<f94ff5f1>] nv_kern_isr_bh+0x1e/0x23 [nvidia]
Jan 4 23:52:00 dv2100 [<c01208e6>] tasklet_action+0x55/0xaf
Jan 4 23:52:00 dv2100 [<c0120585>] __do_softirq+0x5a/0xbb
Jan 4 23:52:00 dv2100 [<c012061c>] do_softirq+0x36/0x3a
Jan 4 23:52:00 dv2100 [<c0104aea>] do_IRQ+0x48/0x52
Jan 4 23:52:00 dv2100 [<c010319e>] common_interrupt+0x1a/0x20
Jan 4 23:52:00 dv2100 [<c0101647>] default_idle+0x0/0x59
Jan 4 23:52:00 dv2100 [<c0101678>] default_idle+0x31/0x59
Jan 4 23:52:00 dv2100 [<c01016ff>] cpu_idle+0x5f/0x75
Jan 4 23:52:00 dv2100 [<c06506db>] start_kernel+0x35a/0x361
Jan 4 23:52:00 dv2100 handlers:
Jan 4 23:52:00 dv2100 [<c04099d5>] (usb_hcd_irq+0x0/0x50)
Jan 4 23:52:00 dv2100 [<f8f4bf2a>] (ndis_isr+0x0/0x91 [ndiswrapper])
Jan 4 23:52:00 dv2100 Disabling IRQ #20


Following the above message in /var/log/messages the wireless interface dies and any attempt to repair it will crash the machine. I've tried using irqpoll and a few other kernel options however these cause random system lock ups. Does anybody have an ideas? I am using kernel 2.6.18-gentoo-r4.
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just a hunge: wrong drivers.

Did you recently update ndiswrapper or the drivers, or have you just installed ndiswrapper?

Could you please post the lines from your dmesg concerning ndiswrapper? Most of the times the last 5 or so lines.
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