[LAU] Connect pipewire to running JACK server

[david]

On 1/28/22 15:05, David Kastrup wrote:
> Michael Jarosch <riotsound at riotmusic.de> writes:
>
>> Am 29.01.22 um 00:34 schrieb David Kastrup:
>>> Michael Jarosch <riotsound at riotmusic.de> writes:
>>>
>>>> Am 28.01.22 um 19:35 schrieb Paul Davis:
>>>>> thunderbird (aka "PCI.? bus on a cable") is presumably the right answer.
>>>> Has just a new interface saw the light which I haven't heard of, yet?
>>> Thunderbolt it is.
>> Okay, but is there already a running thunderbolt device on linux?
> Thunderbolt is basically just PCIe.  I don't think that it has drivers
> of its own, like Cardbus (as opposed to PCMCIA) didn't because if you
> could not access that bus, you could not run your computer in the first
> place.
I have a Dell XPS 15 with Thunderbolt 3 and a Dell Thunderbolt dock. My 
USB sound card is connected to the dock and shows up transparently as 
its usual USB self and works OOTB.
> I've heard numerous people state that a stock Apple TB-FW Adapter worked
> fine with Firewire soundcards under Linux laptops (Lenovo I think) that
> had Thunderbolt interfaces (there was a time they were popular for
> somewhat model-agnostic docking stations).  Even if you had to use
> another TB3->TB1/2 adapter in between for newer Thunderbolt interfaces.
> And some FW800->FW400 cable.

I've heard that, too. I have a Presonius 12-channel Firewire device I'm 
planning to use on my set up the same way - TB3>TB2 adaptor.

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