Hi Tom, Sorry about the cross-post. I am not aware of the procedures for patch etc. Could you please tell me how to use the patch ? I have already compiled and got the postgres server. So please let me know the process of patching or kindly point me to a link which explain this. Thanks and Regards Jayashankar -----Original Message----- From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 24 February 2012 AM 09:20 To: Jayashankar K B Cc: pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [PERFORM] Disable-spinlocks while compiling postgres 9.1 for ARM Cortex A8 Jayashankar K B <Jayashankar.KB@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Hi All, > I am trying to compile Postgres Source code for ARM cortex A8 architecture. > While compiling, I got an error message which read "selected processor does not support `swpb r4,r4,[r3]' " > One of the Postgres forums at the location "http://postgresql.1045698.n5.nabble.com/BUG-6331-Cross-compile-error-aborts-Works-if-disable-spinlock-is-used-td5068738.html"; > Mentioned that by using -disable-spinlocks, we can overcome the error at the cost of performance. I did the same and it compiled successfully. > But the INSTALL guide in Postgres source code mentioned that I should inform the Postgres community in case I am forced to use -disable spinlocks to let the code compile. > Hence this email. So please suggest me what I should do now. Try this patch: http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commitdiff;h=068e08eebbb2204f525647daad3fe15063b77820 BTW, please don't cross-post to multiple PG mailing lists; there's very seldom a good reason to do that. regards, tom lane Larsen & Toubro Limited www.larsentoubro.com This Email may contain confidential or privileged information for the intended recipient (s) If you are not the intended recipient, please do not use or disseminate the information, notify the sender and delete it from your system. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
