everart Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 I will try to explain the problem. We only have a 32bits version of this driver for Mac and because of this we are stuck at Snow leopard version. We have a Windows version 64 bits. Can I use it and upgrade to Sierra? The hardware is a: tascam fw-1082 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/328702-using-a-windows-drivers/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slice Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 I will try to explain the problem. We only have a 32bits version of this driver for Mac and because of this we are stuck at Snow leopard version. We have a Windows version 64 bits. Can I use it and upgrade to Sierra? The hardware is a: tascam fw-1082 I think you are on the wrong way. Wine is an enviroment to play windows application on Mac or Linux. Windows drivers used by the application will be redirected to Mac drivers. It is not using windows drivers for Mac but opposite it is using Mac drivers for windows games. If application want to use Video, Audio, LAN then it calls a driver but wine redirect this call to Mac driver. May be you mean using Windows driver for the device in Mac? Absolutely impossible! Even if sources are accessible. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/328702-using-a-windows-drivers/#findComment-2519495 Share on other sites More sharing options...
everart Posted October 24, 2017 Author Share Posted October 24, 2017 Exactly! So no way to run Windows drivers. It can be possible to convert a 32 Osx drive in to 64bits version or even emulate? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/328702-using-a-windows-drivers/#findComment-2521640 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slice Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Exactly! So no way to run Windows drivers. It can be possible to convert a 32 Osx drive in to 64bits version or even emulate? Also not possible. You can install 10.7.5 and start it in 32bit mode. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/328702-using-a-windows-drivers/#findComment-2521660 Share on other sites More sharing options...
everart Posted October 24, 2017 Author Share Posted October 24, 2017 Yes I know ?! This doesn't help much. We have a open source version for Linux and a lot of people interested in create a crowdfunding or pay for this driver. It can be difficult to create a 64bit version based in the Linux project or developers really need the original open code? http://elixir.free-electrons.com/linux/v4.4/source/sound/firewire/tascam/tascam.c Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/328702-using-a-windows-drivers/#findComment-2521672 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slice Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 A driver is an interface between hardware and OS. Linux is not macOS and drivers use other interfaces. It is almost impossible to rewrite Linux drivers to macOS. The way is to create new driver using Apple's guides and apply some linux workarounds found inside its sources. As I understand it is USB Audio? There is some Apple's opensource driver that can be used as start point. https://github.com/nickdowell/AppleUSBAudio-273.4.1 This is offtopic so create new topic in Audio subforum. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/328702-using-a-windows-drivers/#findComment-2521679 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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