On Thu, 2004-04-22 at 10:37 -0700, Josh Berkus wrote: > Tom, > > > The tricky > > part is that a slow adaptation rate means we can't have every backend > > figuring this out for itself --- the right value would have to be > > maintained globally, and I'm not sure how to do that without adding a > > lot of overhead. > > This may be a moot point, since you've stated that changing the loop timing > won't solve the problem, but what about making the test part of make? I > don't think too many systems are going to change processor architectures once > in production, and those that do can be told to re-compile.
Sure they do - PostgreSQL is regularly provided as a pre-compiled distribution. I haven't compiled PostgreSQL for years, and we have it running on dozens of machines, some SMP, some not, but most running Debian Linux. Even having a compiler _installed_ on one of our client's database servers would usually be considered against security procedures, and would get a black mark when the auditors came through. Regards, Andrew McMillan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew @ Catalyst .Net .NZ Ltd, PO Box 11-053, Manners St, Wellington WEB: http://catalyst.net.nz/ PHYS: Level 2, 150-154 Willis St DDI: +64(4)916-7201 MOB: +64(21)635-694 OFFICE: +64(4)499-2267 Planning an election? Call us! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])