Improve postgresql.conf descriptions.

bmomjian · bmomjian · commit 19656b744599 · 2001-09-27T00:24:25.000Z
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -45,30 +45,30 @@
 #	Shared Memory Size
 #
 #shared_buffers = 64        # 2*max_connections, min 16
-#max_fsm_relations = 100    # min 10
-#max_fsm_pages = 10000      # min 1000
+#max_fsm_relations = 100    # min 10, fsm is free space map
+#max_fsm_pages = 10000      # min 1000, fsm is free space map
 #max_locks_per_transaction = 64 # min 10
 #wal_buffers = 8            # min 4
 
 #
-#	Performance
+#	Non-shared Memory Sizes
 #
 #sort_mem = 512             # min 32
 #vacuum_mem = 8192          # min 1024
-#fsync = true
 
 
 #
 #	Write-ahead log (WAL)
 #
 #wal_files = 0 # range 0-64
-#wal_sync_method = fsync   # fsync or fdatasync or open_sync or open_datasync
-# Note: default wal_sync_method varies across platforms
+#wal_sync_method = fsync   # the default varies across platforms:
+#			   # fsync, fdatasync, open_sync, or open_datasync
 #wal_debug = 0             # range 0-16
 #commit_delay = 0          # range 0-100000
 #commit_siblings = 5       # range 1-1000
 #checkpoint_segments = 3   # in logfile segments (16MB each), min 1
 #checkpoint_timeout = 300  # in seconds, range 30-3600
+#fsync = true
 
 
 #

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`@@ -45,30 +45,30 @@`
`45`	`45`	`# Shared Memory Size`
`46`	`46`	`#`
`47`	`47`	`#shared_buffers = 64 # 2*max_connections, min 16`
`48`		`-#max_fsm_relations = 100 # min 10`
`49`		`-#max_fsm_pages = 10000 # min 1000`
	`48`	`+#max_fsm_relations = 100 # min 10, fsm is free space map`
	`49`	`+#max_fsm_pages = 10000 # min 1000, fsm is free space map`
`50`	`50`	`#max_locks_per_transaction = 64 # min 10`
`51`	`51`	`#wal_buffers = 8 # min 4`
`52`	`52`
`53`	`53`	`#`
`54`		`-# Performance`
	`54`	`+# Non-shared Memory Sizes`
`55`	`55`	`#`
`56`	`56`	`#sort_mem = 512 # min 32`
`57`	`57`	`#vacuum_mem = 8192 # min 1024`
`58`		`-#fsync = true`
`59`	`58`
`60`	`59`
`61`	`60`	`#`
`62`	`61`	`# Write-ahead log (WAL)`
`63`	`62`	`#`
`64`	`63`	`#wal_files = 0 # range 0-64`
`65`		`-#wal_sync_method = fsync # fsync or fdatasync or open_sync or open_datasync`
`66`		`-# Note: default wal_sync_method varies across platforms`
	`64`	`+#wal_sync_method = fsync # the default varies across platforms:`
	`65`	`+# # fsync, fdatasync, open_sync, or open_datasync`
`67`	`66`	`#wal_debug = 0 # range 0-16`
`68`	`67`	`#commit_delay = 0 # range 0-100000`
`69`	`68`	`#commit_siblings = 5 # range 1-1000`
`70`	`69`	`#checkpoint_segments = 3 # in logfile segments (16MB each), min 1`
`71`	`70`	`#checkpoint_timeout = 300 # in seconds, range 30-3600`
	`71`	`+#fsync = true`
`72`	`72`
`73`	`73`
`74`	`74`	`#`