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Clarify user of "postmaster" vs. "server" in FAQs.

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Brendan Jurd
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Bruce Momjian
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@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL
AIX Specific
TO BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NORMAL FAQ
=======================================================
Last updated: $Date: 2006/12/06 15:45:30 $
Last updated: $Date: 2007/10/09 01:28:24 $
Topics
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From: Zeugswetter Andreas <ZeugswetterA@spardat.at>
$Date: 2006/12/06 15:45:30 $
$Date: 2007/10/09 01:28:24 $
On AIX 4.3.2 PostgreSQL compiled with the native IBM compiler xlc
(vac.C 5.0.1) passes all regression tests. Other versions of OS and
@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ The cause of these problems
----------------------------
The overall cause of all these problems is the default bittedness and
memory model used by the postmaster process.
memory model used by the server process.
By default, all binaries built on AIX are 32-bit. This does not
depend upon hardware type or kernel in use. These 32-bit processes
@ -327,10 +327,10 @@ but that's not always practical. Systems with 32-bit processors can
build, but not run, 64-bit binaries.
If a 32-bit binary is desired, set LDR_CNTRL to "MAXDATA=0xn0000000",
where 1 <= n <= 8, before starting the postmaster and try different
where 1 <= n <= 8, before starting the postgres server and try different
values and postgresql.conf settings to find a configuration that works
satisfactorily. This use of LDR_CNTRL tells AIX that you want the
postmaster to have $MAXDATA bytes set aside for the heap, allocated in
server to have $MAXDATA bytes set aside for the heap, allocated in
256MB segments.
When you find a workable configuration, ldedit can be used to modify