Re: MacOS X Shared Buffers (SHMMAX)?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Command Prompt, Inc(dot)" <pgsql-general(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org, jlx(at)commandprompt(dot)com
Subject: Re: MacOS X Shared Buffers (SHMMAX)?
Date: 2002-05-21 03:09:23
Message-ID: 17483.1021950563@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Command Prompt, Inc." <pgsql-general(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> Does anyone have any experience in increasing the amount of shared memory
> buffers available to Mac OS X/Darwin?

A little bit of googling turns up Apple bug reports stating that OSX
has a hardwired limit on shared memory --- so no, short of modifying
and recompiling the kernel, you're outta luck.

regards, tom lane

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