Clarify that bgwriter no longer handles checkpoints.

Text by Peter Geoghegan.
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Robert Haas 2012-01-19 21:52:51 -05:00
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@ -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.