Re: Win 32 'could not attach to proper memory at fixed address'

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Magnus Hagander <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net>, Bryan Roberts <bryan(at)aotea(dot)co(dot)nz>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Win 32 'could not attach to proper memory at fixed address'
Date: 2004-12-13 18:51:30
Message-ID: 26962.1102963890@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
>>> o Allow the shared memory address to be configured via GUC
>>> This is something we knew might be required and now I think it is
>>> required. Using a fixed address was always pretty crazy.
>>
>> I see no proof of that at all in this bug report. The postmaster has
>> evidently managed to create the segment, so the address per se is not
>> the problem.

> Really? You do realize we just choose a fixed address on Win32, right?

I didn't say that might not be a problem; I said this bug report doesn't
prove that it's a problem. (And perhaps more to the point, I doubt
adding such a GUC var would fix this report.)

regards, tom lane

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