Re: Proposal: Removing 32 bit support starting from PG17++
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
Cc: Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com>, Hans Buschmann <buschmann@nidsa.net>,
"pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org" <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2023-05-24T23:51:22Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> writes: > On 2023-05-24 17:44:36 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: >> Hmm, can we really expect atomic 8-byte reads on "relevant" 32-bit >> platforms? I'd be on board with this if so, but it sounds a bit >> optimistic. > ... > So it looks like the only certain problem is PA-RISC - which I personally > wouldn't include in "relevant" :), with some evaluation needed for 32bit mips > and old arms. You'll no doubt be glad to hear that I'll be retiring chickadee in the very near future. (I'm moving/downsizing, and that machine isn't making the cut.) So dropping PA-RISC altogether should probably happen for v17, maybe even v16. Seems like we should poke into ARM more closely, though. regards, tom lane