<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Assuming you're using gcc, try compiling postgres -m64.</div><div><br></div><div>I believe the defaults are still for 32 bit, which makes sense: most applications gain no benefit from 64, and many lose.<br><br>-bjc</div><div><br>On Apr 8, 2009, at 18:17, Pete Wright <<a href="mailto:pete@nomadlogic.org">pete@nomadlogic.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><br><div><div>On 8-Apr-09, at 2:14 PM, Matt Terenzio wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> <div> <!-- Converted from text/plain format --> <br><div><font size="2">Recently added some RAM to a FreeBSD system. Is it likely that I need to<br> recompile the kernel in order for Postgresql to be able to take advantage of<br> the extra ram?<br> <br> <br></font></div></div></blockquote><div>Hi Matt,</div><div>Not much to go on here - is your system 32bit or 64bit. How much memory did you have before the upgrade, how much after? If you system is 32bit is PAE enabled? After adding the RAM did you see the new memory in "dmesg" or in "top" even?</div><div><br></div><div>taking a wild guess - you should be all set (assuming you are using a default kernel on a 64bit system).</div><div><br></div><div>-pete</div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>talk mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:talk@lists.nycbug.org">talk@lists.nycbug.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://lists.nycbug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk">http://lists.nycbug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>