How do I get off this list? -----Original Message----- From: Jim Peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: H.J. Lu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, October 01, 1998 5:13 PM Subject: Re: Linux 2.0.x SMP not swapping >I ran a program that allocates memory in 4k chunks, on the uniprocessor >kernel it will start swapping after real mem is taken, but on SMP it just >sits there and buffers and buffers and buffers...is that normal do you >think? :) > >J > >On Thu, 1 Oct 1998, H.J. Lu wrote: > >> > >> > Here is a free report for everyone BTW, you'll enjoy this. I admit it's a >> > weird situation. I'm trying newer kernels as I write this. >> > >> > total used free shared buffers cached >> > Mem: 257176 238112 19064 69184 91992 69844 >> > -/+ buffers/cache: 76276 180900 >> > Swap: 130748 0 130748 >> > >> > total used free shared buffers cached >> > Mem: 515848 482776 33072 76616 176136 210868 >> > -/+ buffers/cache: 95772 420076 >> > Swap: 261496 0 261496 >> > >> >> You have so many free memory. Why should swap be used? I have >> a dual PPro SMP machine with 256MB RAM: >> >> total used free shared buffers cached >> Mem: 257580 252320 5260 30420 80560 139448 >> -/+ buffers/cache: 32312 225268 >> Swap: 16060 8 16052 >> >> I have no problem with swap. But I have never used more than 10MB >> swap. >> >> H.J. >> >> > >
