[linux-audio-user] Current merrits of tmpfs with Jack

[Lee Revell]

On Thu, 2005-12-22 at 11:14 -0800, Russell Hanaghan wrote:
> Hi to all and Merry Xmas, Festivus, whatever your preference!
> 
> Is there a major performance hit that anyone can speak to if they do not 
> utilize tmpfs on /tmp when using jack?
> 

Yes.

> I'm looking to master a Livecd and to create it, it stores it's data in 
> /tmp. If I have tmpfs set on /tmp, the mastering of the cd falls out 
> becauges 1 gb of memory is insufficient....yet, I want /tmp to have a 
> tmpfs ultimately on the bootable cd.
> 
> Any thoughts?

Configure JACK to use /dev/shm and leave /tmp on your root FS.

Lee