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| author | Bruce Momjian | 2007-10-09 01:28:24 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruce Momjian | 2007-10-09 01:28:24 +0000 |
| commit | d63790d72605cb84fd9e79334ab9d0a5e01378dc (patch) | |
| tree | 3e9b590704f7998a5e3a1a9d942e66d8eda3650d /doc/FAQ_AIX | |
| parent | 9f3bd2994c30df430c1aef5a8d6893ce61ee3f43 (diff) | |
Clarify user of "postmaster" vs. "server" in FAQs.
Brendan Jurd
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/FAQ_AIX')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/FAQ_AIX | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/FAQ_AIX b/doc/FAQ_AIX index 9d5ae0eeb74..9d65f591248 100644 --- a/doc/FAQ_AIX +++ b/doc/FAQ_AIX @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL AIX Specific TO BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NORMAL FAQ ======================================================= -Last updated: $Date: 2006/12/06 15:45:30 $ +Last updated: $Date: 2007/10/09 01:28:24 $ Topics @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Topics ----- From: Zeugswetter Andreas <ZeugswetterA@spardat.at> -$Date: 2006/12/06 15:45:30 $ +$Date: 2007/10/09 01:28:24 $ On AIX 4.3.2 PostgreSQL compiled with the native IBM compiler xlc (vac.C 5.0.1) passes all regression tests. Other versions of OS and @@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ The cause of these problems ---------------------------- The overall cause of all these problems is the default bittedness and -memory model used by the postmaster process. +memory model used by the server process. By default, all binaries built on AIX are 32-bit. This does not depend upon hardware type or kernel in use. These 32-bit processes @@ -327,10 +327,10 @@ but that's not always practical. Systems with 32-bit processors can build, but not run, 64-bit binaries. If a 32-bit binary is desired, set LDR_CNTRL to "MAXDATA=0xn0000000", -where 1 <= n <= 8, before starting the postmaster and try different +where 1 <= n <= 8, before starting the postgres server and try different values and postgresql.conf settings to find a configuration that works satisfactorily. This use of LDR_CNTRL tells AIX that you want the -postmaster to have $MAXDATA bytes set aside for the heap, allocated in +server to have $MAXDATA bytes set aside for the heap, allocated in 256MB segments. When you find a workable configuration, ldedit can be used to modify |