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Re: AIX support - alignment issues

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Thomas Munro <thomas.munro@gmail.com>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@enterprisedb.com>, Peter Geoghegan <pg@bowt.ie>, Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>, Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2022-07-11T22:29:58Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
Thomas Munro <thomas.munro@gmail.com> writes:
> Here's a patch to remove all of these.

Looks sane by eyeball --- I didn't grep for other references, though.

> I didn't originally suggest that because of some kind of (mostly
> vicarious) nostalgia.  I wonder if we should allow ourselves a
> paragraph where we remember these systems.  I personally think it's
> one of the amazing things about this project.  Here's what I came up
> with, but I'm sure there are more.

PlayStation 2 [1]?  Although I suppose that falls under MIPS,
which probably means we could still run on it, if you can find one.

			regards, tom lane

[1] https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/05e101c1834a%24e398b920%24f90e10ac%40toronto.redhat.com

Commits

  1. Doc: Acknowledge historically supported CPUs and OSes.

  2. Further tidy-up for old CPU architectures.

  3. Tidy up claimed supported CPUs and OSes.

  4. Remove HP/Intel Itanium support.

  5. Remove HP-UX port.

  6. Reorder subskiplsn in pg_subscription to avoid alignment issues.

  7. Tighten TAP tests' tracking of postmaster state some more.

  8. Reorder pg_sequence columns to avoid alignment issue