32bit drivers, 64bit F7

[korgull]

Hi,

I'm stuck with some 32bit only drivers. I have F7 64bit installed and they 
can't be used (of course).

These drivers probably won't be available anytime soon I think in 64bit 
version but it's being worked on so eventually they will be available I 
think. Until that time I'd like to work with the 32bit drivers.

Besides installing a complete f7 32bit version are there any other options to 
use these (closed source) drivers ?

Regards,
Marcel

[korgull]

On Tuesday 31 July 2007, Marcel Janssen wrote:
>  Hi,
>
>  I'm stuck with some 32bit only drivers. I have F7 64bit installed and they
>  can't be used (of course).
>
>  These drivers probably won't be available anytime soon I think in 64bit
>  version but it's being worked on so eventually they will be available I
>  think. Until that time I'd like to work with the 32bit drivers.
>
>  Besides installing a complete f7 32bit version are there any other options
>  to use these (closed source) drivers ? 
Is it possible to run a 32bit kernel on top of a 64bit one using Xen for 
example ?

Regards,
Marcel

[Sam Varshavchik]

Marcel Janssen writes:

>  On Tuesday 31 July 2007, Marcel Janssen wrote:
> >
> > Besides installing a complete f7 32bit version are there any other options
> > to use these (closed source) drivers ? 
Nope.

>  Is it possible to run a 32bit kernel on top of a 64bit one using Xen
> for 
>  example ? 
Theoretically, yes. Practically, you'll probably end up wasting a lot of 
time tweaking various knobs until it works. If it works at all. You've got a 
fairly good chance of getting the basic kernel running in VM, but I wouldn't 
place much bets on your non-free driver. Your VM will probably not even 
detect the hardware device that it's for, so your driver won't have anything 
to do.

[korgull]

On Wednesday 01 August 2007, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
>  Theoretically, yes. Practically, you'll probably end up wasting a
> lot of
>  time tweaking various knobs until it works. If it works at all. You've got
>  a fairly good chance of getting the basic kernel running in VM, but I
>  wouldn't place much bets on your non-free driver. Your VM will probably not
>  even detect the hardware device that it's for, so your driver won't have
>  anything to do. 
Makes sense. So, basically there's no other way than to reinstall my box.

Regards,
Marcel