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authorBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2003-09-12 16:10:27 +0000
committerBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2003-09-12 16:10:27 +0000
commit06e3ec7a542ede97986cbab8066b1293b1cd2751 (patch)
tree618d6bccc0f240e2d784ffb1474437104a46acc3 /doc/src
parent69a46e9ce1f80056f5b72aaa80b29821bdf821c1 (diff)
Implement compiler #error if spinlock code not found, add configure flag
to bypass the error, --without-spinlocks.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src')
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml14
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
index 02a77afcb6b..4a298251b7a 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml,v 1.141 2003/09/11 21:42:20 momjian Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml,v 1.142 2003/09/12 16:10:26 momjian Exp $ -->
<chapter id="installation">
<title><![%standalone-include[<productname>PostgreSQL</>]]>
@@ -900,6 +900,18 @@ JAVACMD=$JAVA_HOME/bin/java
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--without-spinlocks</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Allows source builds to succeed without CPU spinlock support.
+ Lack of spinlock support will produce poor performance.
+ This option is to be used only by platforms without
+ spinlock support.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
<term><option>--enable-thread-safety</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>