John Weekley wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-07-24 at 21:47 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Zdenek Kotala wrote:
> > > Tom Lane wrote:
> > > > "John Weekley" <weekleyj@foobarlabs.net> writes:
> > > >> Platform is 64 bit Solaris x86.
> > > >> ...
> > > >> "../../../../src/include/storage/s_lock.h", line 814: #error: PostgreSQL
> > > >> does not have native spinlock support on this platform. To continue the
> > > >> compilation, rerun configure using --disable-spinlocks. However,
> > > >> performance will be poor. Please report this to pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org.
> > > >
> > > > It looks like s_lock.h currently has coverage for amd64 using gcc, or
> > > > sparc64 using either compiler, but not for amd64 using Sun's cc.
> > > > Please feel free to send a patch, or you could pester Sun to send us
> > > > one (Josh?)
> > >
> > > SunStudio is supported on the HEAD (8.2). Spin lock problem is know
> > > issue in version 8.1.4. I don't know if latest 8.1 branch contains
> > > backport.
> >
> > No, we did not backport because of concern that not enough people
> > reviewed the changes.
>
> Wow, you guys are really,really good.
> Many thanks!
>
> John
>
>
> P.S. May I ask when we can expect 8.2? Or is is possible to beat on an
> alpha/beta?
You can download a snapshot now from our ftp server and test it.
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