Re: MemShared == 0 ?

2001-06-25 Thread Erik Mouw

On Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 11:21:55AM +0100, Rodrigo Ventura wrote:
> /proc> cat version meminfo
> Linux version 2.4.6-pre3 (yoda@damasio) (gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release)) #3 
>Mon Jun 18 19:00:11 WEST 2001
> total:used:free:  shared: buffers:  cached:
> Mem:  261779456 256925696  48537600 134025216 82280448
> Swap: 271425536 10993664 260431872 
> MemTotal:   255644 kB  \
> MemFree:  4740 kB   \
> MemShared:   0 kB  <<<<<<<<<<  What's the meaning of this? *

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Re: MemShared == 0 ?

2001-06-25 Thread Claudio Martins


On Monday 25 June 2001 11:21, Rodrigo Ventura wrote:
> /proc> cat version meminfo
> Linux version 2.4.6-pre3 (yoda@damasio) (gcc version 2.95.2 19991024
> (release)) #3 Mon Jun 18 19:00:11 WEST 2001 total:used:free: 
> shared: buffers:  cached:
> Mem:  261779456 256925696  48537600 134025216 82280448
> Swap: 271425536 10993664 260431872 
> MemTotal:   255644 kB  \
> MemFree:  4740 kB   \
> MemShared:   0 kB  <<<<<<<<<<  What's the meaning of this?
> * Buffers:130884 kB
>

  From the discussion I've read elsewhere in this list, it means that this 
value is just not computed anymore and is kept at 0 for compatibility with 
old programs that parse this table. It seems that presenting this number was 
computationaly expensive for the kernel.

regards
cumprimentos

  Claudio

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MemShared == 0 ?

2001-06-25 Thread Rodrigo Ventura


/proc> cat version meminfo
Linux version 2.4.6-pre3 (yoda@damasio) (gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release)) #3 Mon 
Jun 18 19:00:11 WEST 2001
total:used:free:  shared: buffers:  cached:
Mem:  261779456 256925696  48537600 134025216 82280448
Swap: 271425536 10993664 260431872 
MemTotal:   255644 kB  \
MemFree:  4740 kB   \
MemShared:   0 kB  <<<<<<<<<<  What's the meaning of this? *
Buffers:130884 kB
Cached:  80352 kB
Active:  24928 kB
Inact_dirty:186308 kB
Inact_clean: 0 kB
Inact_target:  128 kB
HighTotal:   0 kB
HighFree:0 kB
LowTotal:   255644 kB
LowFree:  4740 kB
SwapTotal:  265064 kB
SwapFree:   254328 kB

Cheers,

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