Received: from maia.hub.org (maia-2.hub.org [200.46.204.251]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54527B5DCA5 for ; Thu, 9 Jun 2011 06:30:56 -0300 (ADT) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by maia.hub.org (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.251]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 92393-01 for ; Thu, 9 Jun 2011 09:30:45 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from mail.erwied.eu (mail.erwied.eu [85.214.80.157]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2492B5DCC0 for ; Thu, 9 Jun 2011 06:30:35 -0300 (ADT) Received: from dslb-094-221-191-216.pools.arcor-ip.net ([94.221.191.216] helo=erwied.dns2go.com ident=mail) by mail.erwied.eu with esmtpsa (Exim 4.76#1) id 1QUbZM-0001S3-F1 ; Thu, 09 Jun 2011 11:30:29 +0200 Received: from proxy.mbs-software.info ([87.234.32.189] helo=localhost) by erwied.dns2go.com with esmtpsa (Exim 4.76#1) id 1QUbZG-0006zS-F6 ; Thu, 09 Jun 2011 11:30:22 +0200 Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 11:30:19 +0200 From: Jochen Erwied Organization: Creative Chaos Computing X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <16710651848.20110609113019@erwied.eu> To: muthu krishnan CC: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org, pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Postgresql on itanium server In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.595 tagged_above=-10 required=5 tests=BAYES_00=-1.9, SARE_MILLIONSOF=0.315, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.01 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 201106/95 X-Sequence-Number: 44028 Thursday, June 9, 2011, 11:20:33 AM you wrote: > *Jun 9 04:45:42 kernel: postmaster(31965): floating-point assist fault at > ip 40000000003dad71, isr 0000020000000008* A quick search for 'floating-point assist fault' reveals this article: http://h21007.www2.hp.com/portal/site/dspp/menuitem.863c3e4cbcdc3f3515b49c108973a801?ciid=62080055abe021100055abe02110275d6e10RCRD In short: The message is harmless, and should not have any influence on postgres performance, except if you're getting millions of them... -- Jochen Erwied | home: jochen@erwied.eu +49-208-38800-18, FAX: -19 Sauerbruchstr. 17 | work: joe@mbs-software.de +49-2151-7294-24, FAX: -50 D-45470 Muelheim | mobile: jochen.erwied@vodafone.de +49-173-5404164