Re: installing postgresql 8.1.4

From: Folkert van Heusden <folkert(at)vanheusden(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: installing postgresql 8.1.4
Date: 2006-09-20 20:06:45
Message-ID: 20060920200645.GC13186@vanheusden.com
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> > I can ./configure --disable-spinlocks with CFLAGS: -O2 -march=pentium4
> > -fprefetch-loop-arrays.
> --disable-spinlocks is broken in 8.1.*. It took us a long time to
> notice that, because no one in their right mind uses the option.
> The performance cost is enormous.

Yes, without that switch things work flawlessly.

Folkert van Heusden

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