In the last episode (Sep 12), Jesse Guardiani said: > Dan Nelson wrote: > > In the last episode (Sep 11), Jesse Guardiani said: > > > >> 2.) What, exactly, is RES? `man top` describes it as this: > >> "RES is the current amount of resident memory", but does > >> that mean RES is included in SIZE? Or does that mean that > >> RES should be counted in addition to SIZE? > > > > RES the amount of SIZE that it currently in core > > OK. To clarify, you mean core kernel memory here? > If so, how is that significant? Why should I care? > > In other words, why would I ever want to know that?
core meaning physical memory; user memory in this case. Processes can lock kernel memory, but there's no easy way of listing that (it's usually a small amount held in pipe or socket buffers and is short-lived). The name "core" came from when memory bits were ferrite rings magnetized by wires running through them. http://www.columbia.edu/acis/history/core.html -- Dan Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
