How to build ndiswrapper wifi module after kernel upgrade

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I have an antiX19 system that already has ndiswrapper wifi driver working with the kernel 4.9. I wanted to upgrade the kernel to 4.19. I do so, but while the 4.19 kernel was installed, the ndiswrapper wifi kernel module was not built into this new kernel.

So I wanted to show a way to build the ndiswrapper wifi kernel module for the upgraded kernel.

First, I find the version of the ndiswrapper source code in the folder /usr/src.
For my system, the ndiswrapper version is 1.61.

Then in terminal, I inputted the build command:

sudo dkms build ./ndiswrapper/1.61

Then I used the install command:

sudo dkms install ./ndiswrapper/1.61

This method works for the 4.19 kernel. I have not been able to get this method to work to upgrade all the way to the 5.10 kernel. I thinks the ndiswrapper method is too old for the 5.10 kernel.

$ inxi -b
System: Host: jakersfan Kernel: 4.19.0-256-antix.1-486-smp i686 bits: 32 Desktop: IceWM 1.6.3+git20191202
Distro: antiX-19.1_386-base Marielle Franco 23 December 2019
Machine: Type: Unknown Mobo: Intel model: D845PEBT2 v: AAC12587-405 serial: <root required> BIOS: Intel
v: BT84520A.86A.0024.P10.0308081142 date: 08/08/2003
CPU: Single Core: Intel Celeron type: MCP speed: 2400 MHz
Graphics: Device-1: NVIDIA NV5 [Riva TNT2 Model 64 / Model 64 Pro] driver: nouveau v: kernel
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: nouveau unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa
resolution: 1280×1024~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI nv05 x86/MMX/SSE2 v: 1.2 Mesa 18.3.6
Network: Device-1: Marvell 88w8335 [Libertas] 802.11b/g Wireless driver: ndiswrapper
Device-2: Intel 82801DB PRO/100 VE Ethernet driver: e100

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