Re: Etch 32-bit system w/ AMD64 proc.

[Wackojacko <wackojacko32@ntlworld.com>]

> Does anyone have any instructions on nvidia using amd64 kernel on etch i386
> userspace? I am trying the "debian way" from
>
> http://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers
>
> but fail with errors on conversion from elf32-i386 to elf64-x86-64 on the
>
> m-a auto-install nvidia 
>
> step.
>
> /Andreas Rönnquist
> andreas.ronnquist@gmail.com
AFAIK you can't do this.  The nvidia module has 64-bit and 32-bit 
versions and having a amd64 kernel makes it think you are trying to 
build the 32-bit version on a 64-bit system hence the error.  If you use 
the -k7 kernel it will build, but you lose some of the special features 
of the processor, not sure which but you can compare the output of 'cat 
/proc/cpuinfo' on both kernels and google for any differences.

I compile my own kernel and select the K8 processor type, but this does 
not change the architecture of the kernel so the module builds like this 
also.

HTH

Wackojacko