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

Le 30/11/2011 16:31, Tom Lane a écrit :
> Emmanuel Kasper <emmanuel@libera.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 http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/kernel-resources.html is outdated.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