Re: [HACKERS] apparent problem on linux/s390

2004-12-10 Thread Steve Atkins
On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 10:37:36AM +0200, Nicolai Tufar wrote: > On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 19:15:23 -0500, Andrew Dunstan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > problems apparently with NaNs, infinities and negative zeros. Sure smells more like an IEEE issue than a postgresql issue (built for IBM FP rather

Re: [HACKERS] apparent problem on linux/s390

2004-12-10 Thread Nicolai Tufar
On Tue, 07 Dec 2004 13:51:36 -0500, Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > FWIW, I get clean regression test passes on a real z900 at Red Hat, > in both s390 and s390x (32- and 64-bit) modes. I'm not sure what that > means --- it could be that Red Hat Linux doesn't use the hardware > floating point

Re: [HACKERS] apparent problem on linux/s390

2004-12-10 Thread Horak Daniel
> > Maybe we should mark the buildfarm member as "s390 emulator" ? > > It could be. But we'd rather use the full specification, > "Hercules 2.37, ESAME S390 architecture, 31 bit mode, running Debian > Linux Woody" Full support for IEEE float number instructions was added into Hercules during last

Re: [HACKERS] apparent problem on linux/s390

2004-12-10 Thread Horak Daniel
> > Meanwhile, if anyone knows of real big iron that could join > the buildfarm > > that would also be good. > > I can't put it in the buildfarm ;-) but I have access to real s390 > hardware inside Red Hat. I'll try to run a test build and see whether > the regression tests pass. > > I would ex

Re: [HACKERS] apparent problem on linux/s390

2004-12-10 Thread Tom Lane
Nicolai Tufar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hercules is a tested and proved emulator but I have a vague doubt > that it's IEEE FPU emulation may be slightly different from the > real iron's one. FWIW, I get clean regression test passes on a real z900 at Red Hat, in both s390 and s390x (32- and 64

Re: [HACKERS] apparent problem on linux/s390

2004-12-07 Thread Tom Lane
"Andrew Dunstan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Hercules is a tested and proved emulator but I have a vague doubt >> that it's IEEE FPU emulation may be slightly different from the >> real iron's one. > Maybe we should mark the buildfarm member as "s390 emulator" ? > Meanwhile, if anyone knows of

Re: [HACKERS] apparent problem on linux/s390

2004-12-07 Thread Nicolai Tufar
On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 06:38:25 -0600 (CST), Andrew Dunstan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maybe we should mark the buildfarm member as "s390 emulator" ? It could be. But we'd rather use the full specification, "Hercules 2.37, ESAME S390 architecture, 31 bit mode, running Debian Linux Woody" or somethi

Re: [HACKERS] apparent problem on linux/s390

2004-12-07 Thread Andrew Dunstan
Nicolai Tufar said: > Hello, > > On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 19:15:23 -0500, Andrew Dunstan > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> problems apparently with NaNs, infinities and negative zeros. > > I am the owner of this baby. It is not an actual mainframe, > it is Hercules emulator running on AthlonXP 2500+ pr

Re: [HACKERS] apparent problem on linux/s390

2004-12-07 Thread Nicolai Tufar
Hello, On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 19:15:23 -0500, Andrew Dunstan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > problems apparently with NaNs, infinities and negative zeros. I am the owner of this baby. It is not an actual mainframe, it is Hercules emulator running on AthlonXP 2500+ producing 20-25 MIPS of pure mainfr

[HACKERS] apparent problem on linux/s390

2004-12-06 Thread Andrew Dunstan
headsup courtesy of buildfarm. problems apparently with NaNs, infinities and negative zeros. see: http://www.pgbuildfarm.org/cgi-bin/show_log.pl?nm=fantail&dt=2004-12-06%2011:05:24 cheers ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your