I wrote:
>>
>> You probably need to fix the max-connections pass so that it applies the
>> same changes to max_fsm_pages as the second pass does --- otherwise, its
>> assumption that shared_buffers can really be set that way will be wrong.
>> Other than that I didn't see any problem with the shared_buffers part of
>> the patch.
>
>
> revised patch attached, leaving max_connections alone except as above.
>
committed, along with minor docs change.
The open question is whether to try more connections, on some or all
platforms.
cheers
andrew