On Sat, 24 Feb 2001, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Matthew Kirkwood <matthew@hairy.beasts.org> writes:
> > >> Diffs posted to pgsql-patches are generally considered to be requests
> > >> for application of a patch. If this is only an experiment it had best
> > >> be clearly labeled as such.
> >
> > > OK. Is there are better place for discussion of such?
> >
> > pgsql-hackers is the place to discuss anything that's experimental or
> > otherwise concerned with future development.
> >
> > > [ possible merits of mmap ]
> >
> > Let's take up that discussion in pghackers.
>
> I always felt the real benefit of mmap() would be to remove use of SysV
> shared memory and use anon mmap() to prevent problems with SysV share
> memory limits.
You'll still have memory limits to overcome ... per user memory limits
being one ... there is no such thing as a 'cure-all' ...
