Re: [pgsql-advocacy] [HACKERS] Postgresql & AMD x86-64

The s_lock.h change will be in 7.4.

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Tom Lane wrote:
> "Martin D. Weinberg" <weinberg@osprey.astro.umass.edu> writes:
> > I didn't change the source tree at all.  I used:
>
> > env CFLAGS='-O3 -m64' LD='/usr/bin/ld -melf_x86_64' ./configure --with-CXX --without-zlib
>
> BTW, see Jeff Baker's nearby report in pgsql-general that s_lock.h needs
> to be tweaked to use spinlocks on this platform.  If you're using
> semaphores instead then you're taking a big performance hit.
>
>             regards, tom lane
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