Re: docs/9.1/static/kernel-resources.html needs updating for NetBSD

From: Emmanuel Kasper <emmanuel(at)libera(dot)cc>
To: pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org, Marc Balmer <mbalmer(at)NetBSD(dot)org>
Subject: Re: docs/9.1/static/kernel-resources.html needs updating for NetBSD
Date: 2011-11-30 21:46:28
Message-ID: 4ED6A434.8020004@libera.cc
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Le 30/11/2011 16:31, Tom Lane a écrit :
> Emmanuel Kasper <emmanuel(at)libera(dot)cc> writes:
>> The NetBSD paragraph about setting the amount of shared memory for
>> NetBSD in
>> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/kernel-resources.html is outdated.
>
>> Since NetBSD 5.0 the shared memory size settings can be changed via the
>> sysctl interface.
>
> Thanks for the info. I gather from
> http://www.daemon-systems.org/man/sysctl.7.html
> that it's still necessary to make sure that SysV IPC code is compiled
> into the kernel at all --- should we retain the first sentence that
> mentions that, or do you think it's unnecessary?
>
> regards, tom lane
>

I have grep'ed the NetBSD source tree, and the System V compatible IPC
subsystem is compiled by default on nearly all Tier One ports, the
exceptions being uncommon embedded board where I guess the port user is
knowing what he is doing.
So I think it is safe to drop that sentence.

PS: you can use the official man.netbsd.org if you're looking for NetBSD
man pages

find amd64 evbarm evbmips evbppc hpcarm i386 sparc64 xen | xargs grep
"^options.*SYSVSHM"

amd64/conf/XEN3_DOMU:options SYSVSHM # System V-like memory sharing
amd64/conf/GENERIC:options SYSVSHM # System V-like memory sharing
amd64/conf/XEN3_DOM0:options SYSVSHM # System V-like memory sharing
evbarm/conf/ARMADILLO9:options SYSVSHM # System V-like memory sharing
evbarm/conf/IXDP425:options SYSVSHM # System V-like memory sharing
evbarm/conf/MPCSA_GENERIC:options SYSVSHM # System V-like memory sharing
evbarm/conf/VIPER:options SYSVSHM # System V-like memory sharing
evbarm/conf/TISDP2430:options SYSVSHM # System V-like memory sharing
evbarm/conf/HDL_G:options SYSVSHM # System V-like memory sharing
evbarm/conf/ADI_BRH:options SYSVSHM # System V-like memory sharing
evbarm/conf/TS7200:options SYSVSHM # System V-like memory sharing
evbarm/conf/IQ80321:options SYSVSHM # System V-like memory sharing
evbarm/conf/TEAMASA_NPWR:options SYSVSHM # System V-like memory sharing
evbarm/conf/OSK5912:options SYSVSHM # System V-like memory sharing
evbarm/conf/IQ80310:options SYSVSHM # System V-like memory sharing
evbarm/conf/BEAGLEBOARD:options SYSVSHM # System V-like memory sharing
evbarm/conf/GEMINI:options SYSVSHM # System V-like memory sharing
evbarm/conf/CP3100:options SYSVSHM # System V-like memory sharing
evbarm/conf/IXM1200:options SYSVSHM # System V-like memory sharing
evbarm/conf/TISDP2420:options SYSVSHM # System V-like memory sharing
evbarm/conf/TEAMASA_NPWR_FC:options SYSVSHM # System V-like memory sharing
evbarm/conf/IQ31244:options SYSVSHM # System V-like memory sharing
evbarm/conf/IMX31LITE:options SYSVSHM # System V-like memory sharing
evbarm/conf/ZAO425:options SYSVSHM # System V-like memory sharing
evbarm/conf/NAPPI:options SYSVSHM # System V-like memory sharing
evbarm/conf/SMDK2410:options SYSVSHM # System V-like memory sharing
evbmips/conf/ALCHEMY:options SYSVSHM # System V shared memory
evbmips/conf/MALTA:options SYSVSHM # System V shared memory
evbppc/conf/OPENBLOCKS200:options SYSVSHM # System V shared memory
evbppc/conf/PMPPC:options SYSVSHM # System V shared memory
evbppc/conf/EXPLORA451:options SYSVSHM # System V-like memory sharing
evbppc/conf/EV64260:options SYSVSHM # System V shared memory
evbppc/conf/OPENBLOCKS266:options SYSVSHM # System V shared memory
evbppc/conf/WALNUT:options SYSVSHM # System V shared memory
hpcarm/conf/JORNADA820:options SYSVSHM # System V-like memory sharing
hpcarm/conf/JORNADA720:options SYSVSHM # System V-like memory sharing
hpcarm/conf/IPAQ:options SYSVSHM # System V-like memory sharing
i386/conf/NET4501:options SYSVSHM # System V-like memory sharing
i386/conf/XEN2_DOM0:options SYSVSHM # System V-like memory sharing
i386/conf/KVM:options SYSVSHM # System V-like memory sharing
i386/conf/ALL:options SYSVSHM # System V-like memory sharing
i386/conf/GENERIC:options SYSVSHM # System V-like memory sharing
i386/conf/GENERIC_PS2TINY:options SYSVSHM # System V-like memory sharing
i386/conf/XEN2_DOMU:options SYSVSHM # System V-like memory sharing
sparc64/conf/NONPLUS64:options SYSVSHM # System V shared memory
sparc64/conf/GENERIC:options SYSVSHM # System V shared memory

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