From: | Oleg Bartunov <oleg(at)sai(dot)msu(dot)su> |
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To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] egcs experimentation results |
Date: | 1999-05-30 18:46:31 |
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On Sun, 30 May 1999, Tom Lane wrote:
> Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 11:47:15 -0400
> From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
> To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
> Subject: [HACKERS] egcs experimentation results
>
> For work-related reasons I recently had to install egcs 1.1.2 here.
> I thought I'd try Postgres with it, since we have at least two reports
> of problems seen only with egcs:
> 1. The business about char and short parameters to functions
> called through fmgr;
> 2. Oleg's report of instability seen only with egcs and -O.
Tom,
the problem seems gone away after cleaning computer box with vacuum
machine and replacing cooler :-! This could be goind to FAQ :-)
>
> The upshot is that I found a few minor glitches in the configure
> script, and cleaned up two or three insignificant warnings that
> egcs generates but gcc doesn't. I was *not* able to duplicate
> any instability using either -O2 or -O3. The regression tests all
> pass, and Oleg's fifteen-way join test is happy too.
>
I just run 60 tables join and it took 17 minutes
on my P200, 64Mb RAM and postgres compiled with -O2 -mpentium
I don't know how it's fast but it works ! Just explain requires
15:30 minutes.
Oleg
> This is on an HP-PA box, which is not the same as the PowerPC that
> problem #1 was reported on, but is likewise a RISC architecture.
> So I was hopeful I would see that problem here.
>
> So, now what? From talking to Bruce off-list, I know that he's not
> eager to make changes as extensive as problem #1 appears to require
> on the strength of just one unconfirmed trouble report. I think I
> have to agree...
>
> regards, tom lane
>
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Oleg Bartunov, sci.researcher, hostmaster of AstroNet,
Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University (Russia)
Internet: oleg(at)sai(dot)msu(dot)su, http://www.sai.msu.su/~megera/
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