$OpenBSD: patch-jackd_engine_c,v 1.9 2012/01/24 08:03:52 ajacoutot Exp $
--- jackd/engine.c.orig	Mon Jan 23 14:37:43 2012
+++ jackd/engine.c	Mon Jan 23 14:38:38 2012
@@ -1491,7 +1491,7 @@ handle_external_client_request (jack_engine_t *engine,
 	if ((r = read (client->request_fd, &req, sizeof (req)))
 	    < (ssize_t) sizeof (req)) {
 		if (r == 0) {
-#ifdef JACK_USE_MACH_THREADS
+#if defined(JACK_USE_MACH_THREADS) || defined(__OpenBSD__)
 			/* poll is implemented using
 			   select (see the macosx/fakepoll
 			   code). When the socket is closed
@@ -1676,9 +1676,13 @@ jack_server_thread (void *arg)
 			} else if (engine->pfd[i].revents & POLLIN) {
 
 				if (handle_external_client_request (engine, engine->pfd[i].fd)) {
+#if 0
 					jack_error ("could not handle external"
 						    " client request");
 					jack_engine_signal_problems (engine);
+#else
+					;
+#endif
 				}
 			}
 		}
