> > > > > FWIW, I've found problems running PostgreSQL on Windows in a
> > > > > multi-CPU environment on w2k3. It runs fine for some
> period, and
> > > > > then CPU and throughput drop to zero. So far I've
> been unable to
> > > > > track down any more information than that, other than the
> > > fact that
> > > > > I haven't been able to reproduce this on any
> single-CPU machines.
> > > >
> > > > I have had previous correspondence about this with
> Magnus (search
> > > > -general and -hackers). If you uninstall SP1 the problem
> > > goes away. We
> > > > played a bit with potential fixes but didn't find any.
> > >
> > > Interesting; does SP2 fix the problem? Anything we can do
> over here
> > > to help?
> >
> > There is no SP2 for Windows 2003.
> >
> > Have you tried this with latest-and-greatest CVS HEAD? Meaning with
> > the new semaphore code that was committed a couple of days ago?
>
> I'd be happy to test this if someone could provide a build,
> or if there's instructions somewhere for doing such a build...

Instructions are here:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.FAQ_MINGW.html

Let me know if you can't get that working an I can get a set of binaries
for you.

//Magnus

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