I'm still working on getting everything going...I have some off-topic
questions that someone here may be able to answer.

I'm trying to avoid installing an i386 version as dual-boot just to test
if it works.  Omnikey provides a proprietary (i386-only) PCSC driver
that requires a kernel module to which the source is provided.  Of
course, I'll need to work on the module source to make it compile on
x86_64.  There is also a kernel module that comes with the kernel, the
one that is loaded automagically at boot.  I don't know how the
Fedora-supplied module relates to the Omnikey module, or if modules for
certain types of devices are required to provide a  consistent
interface.  

I built pcsc-lite for i386 and told it to load the omnikey driver, but
it failed (RFInitializeReader() Open Port 0 Failed (/dev/cmm0)).  Since
the kernel module provides a character device for the reader, I'm hoping
that the 32-bit user-space program can access the 64-bit build of the
omnikey module via the device file.  Does this make sense?  After all, I
know wine (which only runs 32-bit) accesses sound devices (albeit
through other subsystems).  It may take me a while to get the module
built and to replace the Fedora one, but if this is not worth a try
please let me know.  I've never actually written a kernel module, so
this is kind of new turf for me.

Again, all help is appreciated.

Keith

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