64 bit linux drivers

[Sureshot324]

If i install 64bit linux, am i likely to have more driver issues than if i was using 32bit? Do i need 64bit drivers for all devices or will 32 bit ones work?

 

[bersl2]

If the source is available, it's almost certainly 64-bit safe. This is one of the advantages of having your drivers run on more than one platform: these drivers may have been used on Alpha, SPARC64, or PPC64 before AMD64 ever was an option.

 

[Sureshot324]

So can i expect my x800xl, audigy2 zs, nforce4, and hauppauge pvr 150 to all work fine?

 

[bersl2]

As with everything ATI-graphics-Linux, you may have a biatchin' time setting that up. If you go with the open drivers for the nForce chipset capabilities (which is likely the default for all distros), you'll probably be OK. If you go with the proprietary nForce driver, you're at the mercy of nVidia, but they generally do an OK job. The Audigy shouldn't be a problem, nor should the Hauppage card.

Really, the graphics card would be the only thing I'd hold my breath on.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: Sureshot324
So can i expect my x800xl, audigy2 zs, nforce4, and hauppauge pvr 150 to all work fine?

The video card should work, although I have no clue if the stupid ATI accelerated drivers are available (or if those crapppy things will even work). No clue about the audigy, did you check any of the HCL sites? nForce 4 is crap, so I have no clue.

 

[Nothinman]

If i install 64bit linux, am i likely to have more driver issues than if i was using 32bit? Do i need 64bit drivers for all devices or will 32 bit ones work?

32-bit drivers will not work, you need 64-bit drivers. You need to poke around find out what's supported natively by OSS drivers and what requires closed source drivers because it's the closed source drivers that will be your biggest problem.