Re: Proposal: Removing 32 bit support starting from PG17++

From: Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com>, Hans Buschmann <buschmann(at)nidsa(dot)net>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Proposal: Removing 32 bit support starting from PG17++
Date: 2023-05-25 02:38:15
Message-ID: CA+hUKGJaJHQHB7cRL+QPR50vPXFsPjWV4vyUUcqjr7m6Q0rV=g@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, May 25, 2023 at 12:34 PM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Dunno about antique MIPS. I think there's still some interest in
> not-antique 32-bit MIPS; I have some current-production routers
> with such CPUs. (Sadly, they don't have enough storage to do
> anything useful with, or I'd think about repurposing one for
> buildfarm.)

FWIW "development of the MIPS architecture has ceased"[1]. (Clearly
there are living ISAs that continue either its spirit or its ...
instructions, but they aren't calling themselves MIPS.)

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIPS_architecture

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