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

Dave McGuire <[email protected]> Sun, 29 Jun 2014 15:12:11 -0400

Newsgroups	gmane.os.netbsd.ports.vax,gmane.os.openbsd.vax,gmane.comp.db.postgresql.devel.general
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On 06/29/2014 03:10 PM, Patrick Finnegan wrote:
> And it also runs on the 11/780 which can have multiple CPUs... but I've
> never seen support for using more than one CPU (and the NetBSD page
> still says "NetBSD/vax can only make use of one CPU on multi-CPU
> machines").  If that has changed, I'd love to hear about it.  Support
> for my VAX 6000 would also be nice...

  It changed well over a decade ago, if memory serves.  The specific
work was done on a VAX-8300 or -8350.  I'm pretty sure the 11/780's
specific flavor of SMP is not supported.  (though I do have a pair of
11/785s here...wanna come hack? ;))

               -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ/3
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