Re: [HACKERS] PostgreSQL for VAX on NetBSD/OpenBSD

Andres Freund <[email protected]> Sun, 29 Jun 2014 21:08:08 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.os.netbsd.ports.vax,gmane.os.openbsd.vax,gmane.comp.db.postgresql.devel.general
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On June 29, 2014 9:01:27 PM CEST, Dave McGuire <[email protected]> wr=
ote:
>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 h=
ave thought about it not too long ago.

Andres

Andres

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