> i have a need to increase the shared memory for PostgreSQL. how do i do
> that on NetBSD? is it possible to increase. man sysctl says i can't
> increase it via sysctl. my current setting is:
>
> kern.sysvshm = 1
>
> what does the 1 represent and what unit is it in?
this 1 is probably only enable

man options:
     options SHMMAXPGS=value
     Sets the maximum number of AT&T System V UNIX style shared memory
pages
     that are available through the shmget(2) system call.  Default value
is
     1024 on most ports.  See /usr/include/machine/vmparam.h for the
default.