Clarify that bgwriter no longer handles checkpoints.

Text by Peter Geoghegan.
14 years ago · c8397bd6d9
parent ecf7a2ea38
commit c8397bd6d9
1 changed files with 2 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@ -1342,7 +1342,8 @@ SET ENABLE_SEQSCAN TO OFF;
        <para>
         In each round, no more than this many buffers will be written
         by the background writer.  Setting this to zero disables
-         background writing (except for checkpoint activity).
+         background writing.  (Note that checkpoints, which are managed by
+         a separate, dedicated auxiliary process, are unaffected.)
         The default value is 100 buffers.
         This parameter can only be set in the <filename>postgresql.conf</>
         file or on the server command line.