Re: Drop 32-bit support (was "Re: Fix typo 586/686 in atomics/arch-x86.h") - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andres Freund
Subject Re: Drop 32-bit support (was "Re: Fix typo 586/686 in atomics/arch-x86.h")
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In response to Re: Drop 32-bit support (was "Re: Fix typo 586/686 in atomics/arch-x86.h")  (Jakub Wartak <jakub.wartak@enterprisedb.com>)
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Hi,

On 2026-03-12 14:54:58 +0100, Jakub Wartak wrote:
> Right, you might be spot-on: I might have overreacted to this. But probably
> the main question is still valid (and now we have thread! :)). Should we
> maintain builds/testing for 32-bit PostgreSQL in 2026 and beyond?
> 
> (Everyone else in IT world is getting rid of support for even 686).

I'm confused the 686 is a good bit older than 64 bit support. i686 is from
1995, the first x86-64 chips are from 2003.  And you can run 32bit postgres on
a spanking new x86-64 CPU.

So I don't understand how 686 desupport is related to 32bit support.

Greetings,

Andres Freund



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