Re: [PATCH] Use MAP_HUGETLB where supported (v3)

On 2014-02-25 13:21:46 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> > On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 12:18:02PM -0500, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> >> As I mentioned, I would just cut those introductory parts out.
>
> > Should we link to the Debian wiki content?
>
> -1. We generally don't link to our *own* wiki in our SGML docs, let alone
> things that aren't even under our project's control.

Agreed. Especially as the interesting bit is the postgres specific
logic, not the rest.

I think all that's needed is to cut the first paragraphs that generally
explain what huge pages are in some detail from the text and make sure
the later paragraphs don't refer to the earlier ones.

> Moreover, Debian
> is not going to be explaining these things in a way that accounts for
> non-Linux operating systems.

It's a linux only feature so far, so that alone wouldn't be a problem.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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