On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 8:50 PM, Greg Smith <g...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: >> Why is the minimum value 64kB only when wal_buffers is set to >> -1? This seems confusing for users. >> > > That's because the current default on older versions is 64kB. Since the > automatic selection is going to be the new default, I hope, I don't want it > to be possible it will pick a number smaller than the default of older > versions. So the automatic lower limit is 64kB, while the actual manually > set lower limit remains 32kB, as before.
It would be helpful to explain that as the source code comment. Also in the document. Regards, -- Fujii Masao NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION NTT Open Source Software Center -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers