Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Sun, May 4, 2014 at 03:49:27PM +0200, Andres Freund wrote:
> > + <listitem>
> > + <para>
> > + Add huge_pages configuration parameter to attempt to use huge translation look-aside buffer (TLB) pages on
Linux(Christian Kruse,
> > + Richard Poole, Abhijit Menon-Sen)
> > + </para>
> >
> > I think this is too detailed - how about: "... to use huge pages ..."?
>
> I am not sure on this as the default is "try", but I updated the wording
> like your suggested:
>
> Add huge_pages configuration parameter to enable huge
> translation look-aside buffer (TLB) pages on Linux
Please see
http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/20140226161302.GD4759@eldon.alvh.no-ip.org
about the "TLB huge pages" terminology. Maybe "..enable huge MMU
pages..." as suggested by Peter G. in that sub-thread.
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