Re: [Linuxsampler-devel] RAM sampler module proposal

[Matthias W. <mat...@in...>]

On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 07:32:16PM +0100, Benno Senoner wrote:
> > > Regarding the JACK issues that Matthias W raised:
> > > I'm no JACK expert but I hope that JACK supports running a JACK client
> > > directly in it's own process space as it were a plugin.
> > > This would save unnecessary context switches since there would be only
> > > one SCHED_FIFO process runnnig. 
> > > (Do the JACK ALSA I/O modules work that way ? )
> > 
> > Yes, but there is currently no mechanism for loading an in process client
> > once the engine has started, however that is merely because the function
> > hasn't been written. Both the ALSA and Solaris i/o clients are in process,
> > but they are loaded when the engine starts up.
> 
> Ok, at least the engine is designed to work that way (so I guess for
> maximum performance some extensions for JACK will be required but I
> assume that will not be a big problem)

Having jackd loading plugins, that would also mean if
a plugin crashes, it takes with it the daemon, right?

matthias