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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Command Prompt, Inc. <pgsql-general@commandprompt.com>
Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Cc: jlx@commandprompt.com
Subject: Re: MacOS X Shared Buffers (SHMMAX)?
Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 23:09:23 -0400
Message-ID: <17483.1021950563@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.30.0205201919440.902-100000@commandprompt.com>
References: <Pine.LNX.4.30.0205201919440.902-100000@commandprompt.com>

"Command Prompt, Inc." <pgsql-general@commandprompt.com> writes:
> Does anyone have any experience in increasing the amount of shared memory
> buffers available to Mac OS X/Darwin?

A little bit of googling turns up Apple bug reports stating that OSX
has a hardwired limit on shared memory --- so no, short of modifying
and recompiling the kernel, you're outta luck.

			regards, tom lane



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