Re: Spinlocks on SGI's

Dear Marc,
>
> On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, Robert E. Bruccoleri wrote:
>
> > I contributed the first working s_lock.c code for the SGI's over three
> > years ago (using the test_and_set library calls). It's been working
> > for me ever since in a heavy multi-user environment. Please don't
> > change it unless there's an overwhelming reason.
> >
> > Also, the GNU compiler systems works poorly on SGI's. In this
> > environment, you need to stick to the SGI provided compilers. Once you
> > get used to them, they work fairly well.
>
> Robert, any possibility of getting pre-compiled binaries for SGI that we
> can put up on the site? For those that can't afford the extra cost of the
> compilers? :)

Yes. What exactly do you need from the Postgresql tree after a successful
compilation and test?

--Bob

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