Memory consumption

[Xuan Baldauf]

Hello,

do you know why JDK 1.1.7v1a for x86-Linux needs so much memory (about
20MB) for simple startup?

I added a demo program to this message.

Thanks,

Xu�n Baldauf.


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router|18:53:11|~/projects/test/linux\ memtest> java LinuxMemTest &
[1] 10978
router|18:53:13|~/projects/test/linux\ memtest> Waiting 10 seconds.

router|18:53:17|~/projects/test/linux\ memtest> ps aux|grep 10978
justchat 10978 16.4 13.4 19544  2000  p3 S    18:53   0:01
/usr/lib/java/bin/i58
justchat 11019  0.0  2.6   884   400  p3 S    18:53   0:00 grep 10978
router|18:53:23|~/projects/test/linux\ memtest> rpm -q java
java-1.1.7v1a-2
[1]+  Done                    java LinuxMemTest
router|18:53:29|~/projects/test/linux\ memtest>

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/*      LinuxMemTest.java
*/

/**
        Programm zum Testen des Speicherverbrauchs unter Linux
*/
public class LinuxMemTest extends /*Thread*/ Object {

        /**
                Erzeugt einen neuen MemTest
        */
        public LinuxMemTest() {
        }


        /**
                F�hrt den Test aus.
        */
        public synchronized void run() {
                try {
                        System.out.println("Waiting 10 seconds.");
                        wait(10000);
                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                }
        }

        /**
                Startpunkt des Programms.
        */
        public static void main(String argv[]) {
                new LinuxMemTest().run/*start*/();
        }
}