Build and test run sucessfully on Linux/390 and
Linux/PlayStation2 with low-order-digit diffs in
geometry.

Permaine


Wed, 12 Dec 2001 15:23:40 -0500
"Permaine Cheung" <pcheung@redhat.com>
Re: Third call for platform testing 
> Build and test run sucessfully on Linux/390 and
> Linux/PlayStation2 with low-order-digit diffs in
> geometry.

Oooh, too cool. Thanks for the report! Could you post results (the
regression.out file etc) on the developer's web site? Especially for the
new platform: we probably need more details on how easy or hard it was
to get the new platform working...

                   - Thomas

Wed, 12 Dec 2001 22:38:30 +0000
Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@fourpalms.org>
Re: Third call for platform testing
Sure, I'll post the results. Actually, on S/390, there's no need
to change anything, but on the PS/2, the test-and-set code
doesn't work on that CPU, Tom Lane suggested a workaround -
undefine HAS_TEST_AND_SET and remove slock_t type
definition in the port include file. With those modifications,
both the build and tests work fine.

Permaine

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@fourpalms.org>
To: Permaine Cheung <pcheung@redhat.com>
Cc: <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 5:38 PM
Subject: Re: Third call for platform testing


> > Build and test run sucessfully on Linux/390 and
> > Linux/PlayStation2 with low-order-digit diffs in
> > geometry.
> 
> Oooh, too cool. Thanks for the report! Could you post results (the
> regression.out file etc) on the developer's web site? Especially for the
> new platform: we probably need more details on how easy or hard it was
> to get the new platform working...
> 
>                    - Thomas


Wed, 12 Dec 2001 18:07:06 -0500
"Permaine Cheung" <pcheung@redhat.com>
Re: Third call for platform testing
> Build and test run sucessfully on Linux/390 and
> Linux/PlayStation2 with low-order-digit diffs in
> geometry.

Cool - Postgres on a PlayStation 2!!!

Chris


Thu, 13 Dec 2001 09:53:01 +0800
"Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>
Re: Third call for platform testing 
> Sure, I'll post the results. Actually, on S/390, there's no need
> to change anything, but on the PS/2, the test-and-set code
> doesn't work on that CPU, Tom Lane suggested a workaround -
> undefine HAS_TEST_AND_SET and remove slock_t type
> definition in the port include file. With those modifications,
> both the build and tests work fine.

OK, S/390 is easy.

For PS/2, how does the CPU identify itself? If you have to remove the
slock_t definition from the port include file then presumably it does
identify itself as one of the already supported CPUs (alpha, arm, ia64,
i386, mips, ppc, sparc, s390), right? Or does some other default setting
get used that you then #undef in that include file?

A few more details would probably let someone reproduce your result,
which would be enough to consider this as a supported platform. That is,
as long as you aren't running the only PlayStation 2 in the world with
Linux?? Heck, on second thought we'd consider it supported even so ;)

                     - Thomas

Thu, 13 Dec 2001 07:11:35 +0000
Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@fourpalms.org>
Re: Third call for platform testing
> 
> OK, S/390 is easy.
> 
> For PS/2, how does the CPU identify itself? If you have to remove the
> slock_t definition from the port include file then presumably it does
> identify itself as one of the already supported CPUs (alpha, arm, ia64,
> i386, mips, ppc, sparc, s390), right? Or does some other default setting
> get used that you then #undef in that include file?

I specified --template=linux. :)

> A few more details would probably let someone reproduce your result,
> which would be enough to consider this as a supported platform. That is,
> as long as you aren't running the only PlayStation 2 in the world with
> Linux?? Heck, on second thought we'd consider it supported even so ;)
> 

I'm trying to submit the report, however, I've been getting a
PostgreSQL query failure saying regresstests does not exist in 
/usr/local/www/developer/regress/regress.php.

Permaine


Thu, 13 Dec 2001 08:10:25 -0500
"Permaine Cheung" <pcheung@redhat.com>
Re: Third call for platform testing
On Thu, 13 Dec 2001, Permaine Cheung wrote:

> >
> > OK, S/390 is easy.
> >
> > For PS/2, how does the CPU identify itself? If you have to remove the
> > slock_t definition from the port include file then presumably it does
> > identify itself as one of the already supported CPUs (alpha, arm, ia64,
> > i386, mips, ppc, sparc, s390), right? Or does some other default setting
> > get used that you then #undef in that include file?
>
> I specified --template=linux. :)
>
> > A few more details would probably let someone reproduce your result,
> > which would be enough to consider this as a supported platform. That is,
> > as long as you aren't running the only PlayStation 2 in the world with
> > Linux?? Heck, on second thought we'd consider it supported even so ;)
> >
>
> I'm trying to submit the report, however, I've been getting a
> PostgreSQL query failure saying regresstests does not exist in
> /usr/local/www/developer/regress/regress.php.

Marc moved the database yesterday to another machine.  The database
I use for mirroring, regression tests, the website, and a bunch of
other things has yet to be restored.  I can't do it myself because
the other machine is no longer listening.  So I'm just about 100%
out of business.


Vince.
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Thu, 13 Dec 2001 08:57:17 -0500 (EST)
Vince Vielhaber <vev@michvhf.com>
Re: Third call for platform testing
> > For PS/2, how does the CPU identify itself? If you have to remove the
> > slock_t definition from the port include file then presumably it does
> > identify itself as one of the already supported CPUs (alpha, arm, ia64,
> > i386, mips, ppc, sparc, s390), right? Or does some other default setting
> > get used that you then #undef in that include file?
> I specified --template=linux. :)

And it is an x86 CPU?

> > A few more details would probably let someone reproduce your result,
> > which would be enough to consider this as a supported platform. That is,
> > as long as you aren't running the only PlayStation 2 in the world with
> > Linux?? Heck, on second thought we'd consider it supported even so ;)
> I'm trying to submit the report, however, I've been getting a
> PostgreSQL query failure saying regresstests does not exist in
> /usr/local/www/developer/regress/regress.php.

Yeah, something apparently broke on the server. Vince?

In the meantime, you can post those results to this mailing list (or to
the -ports mailing list).

                  - Thomas

Thu, 13 Dec 2001 14:54:15 +0000
Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@fourpalms.org>
Re: Third call for platform testing
...
> Marc moved the database yesterday to another machine.  The database
> I use for mirroring, regression tests, the website, and a bunch of
> other things has yet to be restored.  I can't do it myself because
> the other machine is no longer listening.  So I'm just about 100%
> out of business.

Whoops. Marc, can we help with something here?

                      - Thomas

Thu, 13 Dec 2001 14:55:13 +0000
Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@fourpalms.org>
Re: Third call for platform testing
> And it is an x86 CPU?

It's a mips CPU.


Permaine


Thu, 13 Dec 2001 12:50:14 -0500
"Permaine Cheung" <pcheung@redhat.com>
Re: Third call for platform testing
On Thu, 13 Dec 2001, Permaine Cheung wrote:

> > And it is an x86 CPU?
>
> It's a mips CPU.

Is there some way of connecting a hard disk to the PS/2?  My kid has
one but I never looked at it that close.

BTW, regression tests are back up.

Vince.
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Thu, 13 Dec 2001 12:51:42 -0500 (EST)
Vince Vielhaber <vev@michvhf.com>
Re: Third call for platform testing
On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 12:51:42PM -0500, Vince Vielhaber wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Dec 2001, Permaine Cheung wrote:
> 
> > > And it is an x86 CPU?
> >
> > It's a mips CPU.
> 
> Is there some way of connecting a hard disk to the PS/2?  My kid has
> one but I never looked at it that close.

http://www.linuxworld.com/ic_717468_6995_1-3133.html

Linux for PS2 came out of Sony/UK, apparently. It consists of:

    *  DVD-ROM for all the software
    * USB keyboard
    * USB wheel mouse
    * 10/100 Ethernet adapter
    * 40GB hard drive w/ PCMCIA connector
    * PlayStation2->VGA adapter

Can't seem to _find_ it for the US ones though. Seems early Japanese
version of the PS@ had a PCMCIA slot.

Ross


Thu, 13 Dec 2001 12:53:48 -0600
"Ross J. Reedstrom" <reedstrm@rice.edu>
Re: Third call for platform testing