Thread: Platform testing (last call?)
Things have firmed up nicely for the 7.2 release. We currently have
several NetBSD platforms which have not reported success for 7.2, maybe
only because they have a relatively small user base (and aging
processors) nowadays. If anyone still has a m68k, VAX or arm running
NetBSD, let us know!
Oh, and a question about Linux/PlayStation2: if it is an x86 processor,
even without test and set support, should we list it separately? Or is
it enough like other PCs that it is too fine a distinction to make?
- Thomas
The problem platforms with comments and questions are:
NetBSD/arm32 Patrick Welche Any luck finding time to do the test?
NetBSD/m68k Bill Studenmund Any luck finding another test platform?
NetBSD/VAX Tom I. Helbekkmo Any VAXen out there nowadays?
SunOS Tatsuo Ishii Anyone writing a memcpy for it? Tatsuo will be retiring his machine
soon.
And those reported as successful:
AIX Andreas Zeugswetter, Tatsuo, Tom
BeOS Cyril Velter
BSD/OS Bruce
FreeBSD Chris Kings-Lynne
HPUX Tom, Joseph Conway
IRIX Luis Amigo
Linux/Alpha Tom
Linux/arm Mark Knox
Linux/MIPS Hisao Shibuya
Linux/PlayStation2 Permaine Cheung
Linux/PPC Tom
Linux/sparc Doug McNaught
Linux/s390 Permaine Cheung
Linux/x86 Thomas (and many others ;)
MacOS-X Gavin Sherry
NetBSD/Alpha Thomas Thai
NetBSD/PPC Bill Studenmund
NetBSD/sparc Matthew Green
NetBSD/x86 Bill Studenmund
OpenBSD/sparc Brandon Palmer
OpenBSD/x86 Brandon Palmer
OpenUnix Larry Rosenman
QNX 4 Bernd Tegge
QNX 6 Igor Kovalenko
Solaris/sparc Andrew Sullivan
Solaris/x86 Martin Renters
Tru64 Alessio Bragadini, Bernd Tegge
Windows/Cygwin Dave Page, Jason Tishler
Windows/native (clients only) Dave Page
I have a hp 9000/433s that I can fire up and try if need be. (1.5.1 of NetBSD). LER * Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@fourpalms.org> [011213 10:15]: > Things have firmed up nicely for the 7.2 release. We currently have > several NetBSD platforms which have not reported success for 7.2, maybe > only because they have a relatively small user base (and aging > processors) nowadays. If anyone still has a m68k, VAX or arm running > NetBSD, let us know! > > Oh, and a question about Linux/PlayStation2: if it is an x86 processor, > even without test and set support, should we list it separately? Or is > it enough like other PCs that it is too fine a distinction to make? > > - Thomas > > The problem platforms with comments and questions are: > > NetBSD/arm32 Patrick Welche > Any luck finding time to do the test? > NetBSD/m68k Bill Studenmund > Any luck finding another test platform? > NetBSD/VAX Tom I. Helbekkmo > Any VAXen out there nowadays? > SunOS Tatsuo Ishii > Anyone writing a memcpy for it? > Tatsuo will be retiring his machine soon. > > > And those reported as successful: > > AIX Andreas Zeugswetter, Tatsuo, Tom > BeOS Cyril Velter > BSD/OS Bruce > FreeBSD Chris Kings-Lynne > HPUX Tom, Joseph Conway > IRIX Luis Amigo > Linux/Alpha Tom > Linux/arm Mark Knox > Linux/MIPS Hisao Shibuya > Linux/PlayStation2 Permaine Cheung > Linux/PPC Tom > Linux/sparc Doug McNaught > Linux/s390 Permaine Cheung > Linux/x86 Thomas (and many others ;) > MacOS-X Gavin Sherry > NetBSD/Alpha Thomas Thai > NetBSD/PPC Bill Studenmund > NetBSD/sparc Matthew Green > NetBSD/x86 Bill Studenmund > OpenBSD/sparc Brandon Palmer > OpenBSD/x86 Brandon Palmer > OpenUnix Larry Rosenman > QNX 4 Bernd Tegge > QNX 6 Igor Kovalenko > Solaris/sparc Andrew Sullivan > Solaris/x86 Martin Renters > Tru64 Alessio Bragadini, Bernd Tegge > Windows/Cygwin Dave Page, Jason Tishler > Windows/native (clients only) Dave Page > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 972-414-9812 E-Mail: ler@lerctr.org US Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX 75044-6749
> I have a hp 9000/433s that I can fire up and try if need be.
> (1.5.1 of NetBSD).
That is an m68k? If it is on the "problem list" (or not mentioned at
all), then any testing would be great!
- Thomas
> > The problem platforms with comments and questions are:
> >
> > NetBSD/arm32 Patrick Welche
> > Any luck finding time to do the test?
> > NetBSD/m68k Bill Studenmund
> > Any luck finding another test platform?
> > NetBSD/VAX Tom I. Helbekkmo
> > Any VAXen out there nowadays?
> > SunOS Tatsuo Ishii
> > Anyone writing a memcpy for it?
> > Tatsuo will be retiring his machine soon.
* Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@fourpalms.org> [011213 10:22]: > > I have a hp 9000/433s that I can fire up and try if need be. > > (1.5.1 of NetBSD). > > That is an m68k? If it is on the "problem list" (or not mentioned at > all), then any testing would be great! Yes, it's a 33 MhZ 68040. > > - Thomas > > > > The problem platforms with comments and questions are: > > > > > > NetBSD/arm32 Patrick Welche > > > Any luck finding time to do the test? > > > NetBSD/m68k Bill Studenmund > > > Any luck finding another test platform? > > > NetBSD/VAX Tom I. Helbekkmo > > > Any VAXen out there nowadays? > > > SunOS Tatsuo Ishii > > > Anyone writing a memcpy for it? > > > Tatsuo will be retiring his machine soon. -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 972-414-9812 E-Mail: ler@lerctr.org US Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX 75044-6749
Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@fourpalms.org> writes: > Things have firmed up nicely for the 7.2 release. We currently have > several NetBSD platforms which have not reported success for 7.2, maybe > only because they have a relatively small user base (and aging > processors) nowadays. If anyone still has a m68k, VAX or arm running > NetBSD, let us know! Has anyone tried to run it on OS X 10.1? I know there were problems with the compiler changes that Apple put in but I don't recall if there's an easy fix. If someone can say "it should work" I'll try to get it compiled and working there--I want to take my PowerBook on holiday and do some hacking... > Oh, and a question about Linux/PlayStation2: if it is an x86 processor, > even without test and set support, should we list it separately? Or is > it enough like other PCs that it is too fine a distinction to make? I am quite sure PS2 is not x86. It's some kind of RISC with a lot of special 3d and sound hardware, but I forget which. -Doug -- Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees. --T. J. Jackson, 1863
...
> Has anyone tried to run it on OS X 10.1? ...
> If someone can say "it should work" I'll try to get it compiled and
> working there--I want to take my PowerBook on holiday and do some
> hacking...
Pretty sure that someone already reported success on 10.1 (10.1.1?). So,
"it should work" ;)
- Thomas
Thomas Lockhart wrote: [clip] > Oh, and a question about Linux/PlayStation2: if it is an x86 processor, > even without test and set support, should we list it separately? Or is > it enough like other PCs that it is too fine a distinction to make? The Playstation2 does not have an X86 processor. It uses a MIPS R5900. Sony calls this CPU the "Emotion Engine." Neil -- Neil Padgett Red Hat Canada Ltd. E-Mail: npadgett@redhat.com 2323 Yonge Street, Suite #300, Toronto, ON M4P 2C9
Alex Avriette <a_avriette@acs.org> writes: > works for me. doug if you'd like an account on a 10.1 machine i can arrange > that. i've got both the client and the server flavors available. there was > some bizarre two-level-namespace problem, but it seems to work okay now. > (update, yeah, just checked again to make sure. 10.1, 10.1.1, and > 10.0-10.0.4 are all okay).. Thanks for the offer. I have a PB that I just updated to 10.1 so I'm going to try to get it running there, probably tonight. -Doug -- Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees. --T. J. Jackson, 1863
Neil Padgett <npadgett@redhat.com> writes: > The Playstation2 does not have an X86 processor. It uses a MIPS R5900. > Sony calls this CPU the "Emotion Engine." Nitpick: actually from what I've read that term refers to the super-nifty graphics chipset, not to the CPU itself, which is fairly vanilla. Interesting that the PG compile doesn't try to use MIPS spinlocks on the PS2... -Doug -- Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees. --T. J. Jackson, 1863
works for me. doug if you'd like an account on a 10.1 machine i can arrange that. i've got both the client and the server flavors available. there was some bizarre two-level-namespace problem, but it seems to work okay now. (update, yeah, just checked again to make sure. 10.1, 10.1.1, and 10.0-10.0.4 are all okay).. alex -----Original Message----- Has anyone tried to run it on OS X 10.1? I know there were problems with the compiler changes that Apple put in but I don't recall if there's an easy fix.
oh, if youre going to do testing tonight, one thing i didnt do.. apple has their new 'developer tools' out, which *will* include a different gcc/make/other stuff. so you might try installing that too. alex -----Original Message----- From: Doug McNaught [mailto:doug@wireboard.com] Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 1:27 PM To: Alex Avriette Cc: lockhart@fourpalms.org; Hackers List; Bill Studenmund; prlw1@cam.ac.uk; tih@kpnQwest.no; Tatsuo Ishii; Permaine Cheung Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Platform testing (last call?) Alex Avriette <a_avriette@acs.org> writes: > works for me. doug if you'd like an account on a 10.1 machine i can arrange > that. i've got both the client and the server flavors available. there was > some bizarre two-level-namespace problem, but it seems to work okay now. > (update, yeah, just checked again to make sure. 10.1, 10.1.1, and > 10.0-10.0.4 are all okay).. Thanks for the offer. I have a PB that I just updated to 10.1 so I'm going to try to get it running there, probably tonight. -Doug -- Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees. --T. J. Jackson, 1863
Doug McNaught wrote: > Interesting that the PG compile doesn't try to use MIPS spinlocks on > the PS2... It tries. The instructions aren't compatible. Neil -- Neil Padgett Red Hat Canada Ltd. E-Mail: npadgett@redhat.com 2323 Yonge Street, Suite #300, Toronto, ON M4P 2C9
Doug McNaught wrote: > > Neil Padgett <npadgett@redhat.com> writes: > > > The Playstation2 does not have an X86 processor. It uses a MIPS R5900. > > Sony calls this CPU the "Emotion Engine." > > Nitpick: actually from what I've read that term refers to the > super-nifty graphics chipset, not to the CPU itself, which is fairly > vanilla. Actually, Neil is correct. I had the great experience of working on the tool chain for PlayStation2 a few years back. And, yes, it was a fun project. The Emotion Engine is the MIPS core, the vector units and the arbiter. For more information on the Emotion Engine, check out the ieee.org website (they have a few good Emotion Engine tech documents/papers). > Interesting that the PG compile doesn't try to use MIPS spinlocks on > the PS2... The PlayStation2 MIPS Core does not have such instructions. Cheers, Patrick -- Patrick Macdonald Red Hat Database Development
On 13 Dec 2001, Doug McNaught wrote: > Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@fourpalms.org> writes: > > > Things have firmed up nicely for the 7.2 release. We currently have > > several NetBSD platforms which have not reported success for 7.2, maybe > > only because they have a relatively small user base (and aging > > processors) nowadays. If anyone still has a m68k, VAX or arm running > > NetBSD, let us know! > > Has anyone tried to run it on OS X 10.1? I know there were problems > with the compiler changes that Apple put in but I don't recall if > there's an easy fix. 10.1.1 compiles/tests fine. See my email on 28th Nov. Gavin
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes: > Doug McNaught <doug@wireboard.com> writes: > > Has anyone tried to run it on OS X 10.1? > > Yes, fixed and tested by yours truly ... at least on 10.1. > I have not installed the 10.1.1 update yet. If anyone has, > it'd be worth doing a quick check. If I have time tonight I'll give it a try. -Doug -- Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees. --T. J. Jackson, 1863
Doug McNaught <doug@wireboard.com> writes:
> Has anyone tried to run it on OS X 10.1?
Yes, fixed and tested by yours truly ... at least on 10.1.
I have not installed the 10.1.1 update yet. If anyone has,
it'd be worth doing a quick check.
regards, tom lane
> Things have firmed up nicely for the 7.2 release. We currently have > several NetBSD platforms which have not reported success for 7.2, maybe > only because they have a relatively small user base (and aging > processors) nowadays. If anyone still has a m68k, VAX or arm running > NetBSD, let us know! <snip> > And those reported as successful: > > AIX Andreas Zeugswetter, Tatsuo, Tom > BeOS Cyril Velter > BSD/OS Bruce > FreeBSD Chris Kings-Lynne Should be FreeBSD/x86 ... I'm still trying to get my friend's Alpha set up (cables, etc - I will hopefully be able to test it before end of betas/RC's) Chris
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes: > Doug McNaught <doug@wireboard.com> writes: > > Has anyone tried to run it on OS X 10.1? > > Yes, fixed and tested by yours truly ... at least on 10.1. > I have not installed the 10.1.1 update yet. If anyone has, > it'd be worth doing a quick check. Installed 10.1.1, PG compiles and tests out just fine. -Doug -- Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees. --T. J. Jackson, 1863