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

[Paul Davis]

On Fri, 2005-12-23 at 15:31 -0800, Kjetil S. Matheussen wrote:
> Lee Revell:
> >> >>> Jack then needs to be compiled as such right? That is, specifically to
> >> >>> use /dev/shm as a tmpfs?
> >> >>
> >> >> You know there's actually no good reason this has to be a compile time
> >> >> setting.  It would be trivial to modify JACK to set this at runtime.
> >> >
> >> > how would a client know where to find the server sockets?
> >> >
> >>
> >> By having a file called something like /tmp/jack_server_sockets_path
> >> containing info about where the server sockets are?
> >>
> >
> >$HOME/.jack_server_sockets_path?
> 
> Yes, either $HOME/.jack_server_sockets_path_<hostname>
> or /tmp/jack_server_sockets_path_<username>

this looks to me like a 50% solution. it solves part of the problem
(allowing the location of the actual sockets/fifos to be determined at
runtime) by substituting another compile-time-only path instead. i see
the attraction, i am just not sure its the best solution.

--p