Jesse Chappell wrote:
>On 1/7/06, Russell Hanaghan <hanaghan@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
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>> Prerequisites
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>> * 2.4, 2.5 or 2.6 series kernel with tmpfs turned on (CONFIG_TMPFS)
>> * Shared memory file system mounted on /dev/shm. add the following
>> to /etc/fstab to get it mounted at boot:
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>> shmfs /dev/shm shm defaults 0 0
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>> (Note: you may have to make the /dev/shm directory)
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>><unsnip>
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>>Is this the actual use of /dev/shm or can it serve dual purpose and be
>>also set up as tmpfs for fifo's?
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>Yes this is the actual use of /dev/shm. In many distros you will find
>such a line already in the /etc/fstab. And yes, it can serve dual
>purpose.
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>>Or...
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>>|# mkdir /mnt/ramfs|
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>>[edit /etc/fstab and add the following line]
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>>|none /mnt/ramfs tmpfs defaults 0 0|
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>>Then use --with-default-tmpdir=/mnt/ramfs to the JACK configure line
>>when you build it. No clients need to be recompiled.
>>
>>
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>This is just an older alternative, not better.
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>jlc
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Thanks Jesse
Received on Sat Jan 7 20:15:08 2006
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