From 85317e88ccae270ef77bd01c2d3d55a900df2d72 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 19:04:37 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] doc: mention data page checksums in WAL section Backpatch to 9.3 Adjusted patch from Ian Lawrence Barwick --- doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml index 059697e2b33..c72253227e4 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/wal.sgml @@ -193,9 +193,10 @@ </listitem> <listitem> <para> - Data pages are not currently checksummed, though full page images recorded - in WAL records will be protected. Data pages have a 16-bit field available - for future use with a data page checksum feature. + Data pages are not currently checksummed by default, though full page images + recorded in WAL records will be protected; see<link + linkend="app-initdb-data-checksums"><application>initdb</></link> + for details about enabling data page checksums. </para> </listitem> <listitem> -- GitLab