Bruce Momjian wrote:
> OK, I never got the change applied because of Alvaro's objection so
> there is nothing to revert. Alvaro said he has an idea for improved
> wording; I do not.
I think we should add a more explicit note, like in the attached patch.
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</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
+
+ <note>
+ <para>
+ The multipliers for <varname>shared_buffers</> and
+ <varname>wal_buffers</> should be the number of buffers, not the
+ amount in bytes. To find out the number of shared or wal buffers, divide
+ the amount in bytes by <xref linkend="guc-block-size"> and
+ <xref linkend="guc-wal-block-size">, respectively.
+ </para>
+ </note>
</sect2>
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