Re: installing postgresql 8.1.4

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Folkert van Heusden <folkert(at)vanheusden(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: installing postgresql 8.1.4
Date: 2006-09-19 23:12:59
Message-ID: 24855.1158707579@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Folkert van Heusden <folkert(at)vanheusden(dot)com> writes:
> 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.

regards, tom lane

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