Many vendors do not release specifications of the hardware or provide
a Linux driver for their wireless network cards.
This project implements Windows kernel API and NDIS (Network Driver
Interface Specification) API within Linux kernel.
A Windows driver for wireless network card is then linked to this
implementation so that the driver runs natively, as though it is in
Windows, without binary emulation.

With ndiswrapper, most miniPCI (builtin), PCI, PCMCIA (Cardbus only)
or USB wireless network cards work in Linux with x86 or x86-64.
Although ndiswrapper is intended for wireless network cards, other
devices are known to work: e.g., ethernet cards, USB to serial port
device, home phone network device etc.