Re: PostgreSQL for VAX on NetBSD/OpenBSD

From: Dave McGuire <mcguire(at)neurotica(dot)com>
To: Patrick Finnegan <pat(at)computer-refuge(dot)org>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, John Klos <john(at)ziaspace(dot)com>, port-vax(at)netbsd(dot)org, vax(at)openbsd(dot)org, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL for VAX on NetBSD/OpenBSD
Date: 2014-06-29 19:12:11
Message-ID: 53B0650B.5000601@neurotica.com
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On 06/29/2014 03:10 PM, Patrick Finnegan wrote:
> And it also runs on the 11/780 which can have multiple CPUs... but I've
> never seen support for using more than one CPU (and the NetBSD page
> still says "NetBSD/vax can only make use of one CPU on multi-CPU
> machines"). If that has changed, I'd love to hear about it. Support
> for my VAX 6000 would also be nice...

It changed well over a decade ago, if memory serves. The specific
work was done on a VAX-8300 or -8350. I'm pretty sure the 11/780's
specific flavor of SMP is not supported. (though I do have a pair of
11/785s here...wanna come hack? ;))

-Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ/3
New Kensington, PA

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