On Wed, 2002-08-21 at 15:20, Lenz Grimmer wrote:

> That's correct. We build our Alpha binary with the Compaq C/C++ compiler on a 
> Compaq DS-20, which has an EV6 processor. So far, we only used the compile 
> option "-fast", which by default optimizes for the platform it is currently 
> running on and breaking backwards compatibility. The code will probably cause 
> "illegal instruction" traps for you.

Yup... "illegal instruction" that is what happened to me...  It was at
that point I read the documentation about the build and found out why.
What can I say... I am a physicist, I take the experimental approach
first.   :)

> I have now added the compile flag "-arch generic", which is supposed to make 
> sure the code runs on all Alpha machines - all upcoming releases of MySQL 
> will now be compiled with this flag.

This is why I love MySQL and MySQL AB... unparalleled database
performance and ease of use, unbeatable customer satisfaction and just
plain great people.

Thanks Lenz

Tim



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