On 08/10/2009 12:31 AM, Colin Guthrie wrote: > 'Twas brillig, and Patrick Shirkey at 09/08/09 15:23 did gyre and gimble: >> I would also like to note that jack has support for running 32 bit >> apps natively on the 64 bit compile. > > Can you explain this more please? Unless you totally bypass the jack > library and literally "talk the jack protocol" in your app, I cannot > see how this is possible. You'd surely have to reimplement the jack > client protocol in each which seems highly inefficient and error prone. > > I suspect that the 32 bit libjack just happens to be installed. This > is exactly the same with pulse. I will check this out in detail and report back here. I didn't look into it previously because I never really had any need for it but about a year ago it was announced that jack could support 32 bit apps on the 64 bit build natively. > > I don't know how you managed to get in such a position but I mess > around with 64 and 32 bit combos all the time > and it's really not any hassle with pulse. Well in this case I have to disagree. However not because I don't think it's not possible but because I definitely found it to be a hassle before upgrading because the default Fedora 11 didn't install the 32 bit libs and since upgrading because I haven't yet built the 32 bit version. As you are the Mandrake packager your knowledge of the build process is definitely more advanced than mine. However I have been working with Linux Audio for 10 years so I'm not exactly a novice. I hazard a guess that this is one thing that would cause people a lot of difficulty and contribute to the general bad press that pulseaudio recieves online and in turn Linux Audio on the desktop. Patrick Shirkey Boost Hardware Ltd
