Commit c1bb2877 authored by Tom Lane's avatar Tom Lane

Improve OS X shared-memory documentation: fix typos and provide a usable

example of /etc/sysctl.conf contents.
parent 5b8ac710
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...@@ -878,27 +878,45 @@ sysctl -w kern.sysv.shmmni ...@@ -878,27 +878,45 @@ sysctl -w kern.sysv.shmmni
sysctl -w kern.sysv.shmseg sysctl -w kern.sysv.shmseg
sysctl -w kern.sysv.shmall sysctl -w kern.sysv.shmall
</programlisting> </programlisting>
</para>
<para>
In OS X 10.3 and later, these commands have been moved to In OS X 10.3 and later, these commands have been moved to
<filename>/etc/rc</> and must be edited there. Note that <filename>/etc/rc</> and must be edited there. Note that
<filename>/etc/rc</> is usually overwritten by OS X updates (such as <filename>/etc/rc</> is usually overwritten by OS X updates (such as
10.3.6 to 10.3.7) so you should expect to have to redo your editing 10.3.6 to 10.3.7) so you should expect to have to redo your editing
after each update. In all versions, you'll need to reboot to make after each update.
changes take effect. </para>
<para>
In OS X 10.3.9 and later, instead of editing <filename>/etc/rc</>
you may create a file named <filename>/etc/sysctl.conf</>,
containing variable assignments such as
<programlisting>
kern.sysv.shmmax=4194304
kern.sysv.shmmin=1
kern.sysv.shmmni=32
kern.sysv.shmseg=8
kern.sysv.shmall=1024
</programlisting>
This method is better than editing <filename>/etc/rc</> because
your changes will be preserved across system updates. Note that
<emphasis>all five</> shared-memory parameters must be set in
<filename>/etc/sysctl.conf</>, else the values will be ignored.
</para>
<para>
Beware that recent releases of OS X ignore attempts to set
<varname>SHMMAX</> to a value that isn't an exact multiple of 4096.
</para> </para>
<para> <para>
In OS X 10.3.9 and later, the file <filename>/etc/sysctl.conf</> <varname>SHMALL</> is measured in 4KB pages on this platform.
allows shared memory setting to be saved across operating system
upgrades, and is the recommended method for setting these
parameters. When using this file, all five shared memory values
must be set or the changes will be ignored.
</para> </para>
<para> <para>
<varname>SHMALL</> is measured in 4KB pages on this platform, In all OS X versions, you'll need to reboot to make changes in the
and recent releases of OS X reject attempts to set shared memory parameters take effect.
and <varname>SHMMAX</> to a value that isn't an exact
multiple of 4096.
</para> </para>
</listitem> </listitem>
</varlistentry> </varlistentry>
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