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Re: Minimal patches for PostgreSQL 7.0b3 on NetBSD/alpha 1.4.1....

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

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Cc: "Kevin P. Neal" <kpneal@pobox.com>, pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org
Date: 2000-06-12T21:39:55Z
Lists: pgsql-bugs 
Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> That was my guess, though his changes were s_lock related. Seems that is
> an Alpha mess too.

Yes, it sounds like we will need some help from a certified Alpha guru
to make spinlock code that works reliably on multi-CPU Alphas :-(.

Anyone have friends in the right places at DEC?

			regards, tom lane