Re: PostgreSQL for VAX on NetBSD/OpenBSD

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Dave McGuire <mcguire(at)neurotica(dot)com>, Patrick Finnegan <pat(at)computer-refuge(dot)org>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, John Klos <john(at)ziaspace(dot)com>, port-vax(at)netbsd(dot)org, vax(at)openbsd(dot)org, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL for VAX on NetBSD/OpenBSD
Date: 2014-06-29 19:08:08
Message-ID: 242151f0-d2f3-4b39-8476-ff8a114bdc38@email.android.com
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On June 29, 2014 9:01:27 PM CEST, Dave McGuire <mcguire(at)neurotica(dot)com> wrote:
>On 06/29/2014 02:58 PM, Patrick Finnegan wrote:
>> Last I checked, NetBSD doesn't support any sort of multiprocessor
>VAX.
>> Multiprocessor VAXes exist, but you're stuck with either Ultrix or
>VMS
>> on them.
>
> Hi Pat, it's good to see your name in my inbox.
>
> NetBSD ran on multiprocessor BI-bus VAXen many, many years ago. Is
>that support broken?

The new atomics code refers to a VAX SMP define... So somebody seems to have thought about it not too long ago.

Andres

Andres

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