Re: 2.4.0 and shared memory
On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Amal Phadke wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am using Potato with 2.4.0 right now. I have noticed that 'free'
> command now reports 0 shared memory and 0 swap usage. With kernel
> 2.2.18, it used to report few megabytes of shared memory. My box has
> half a gig of RAM, but when I was using 2.2.18 kernel, the system used
> at least some swap space, especially after I ran one of my memory
> hungry Fortran programs or after creating a CD image. But now it's 0
> no matter. Has anyone else noticed this behavior?
>
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>
> Amal Phadke, Ph.D Candidate
> Department of Ocean and Resources Engineering, SOEST
> University of Hawaii at Manoa
>
> email: phadke@oe.soest.hawaii.edu
>
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Here is my answer from a not so trustworthy source.
*It is only a statistic. Calculating it was WAY too time expensive.*
It seems reasonable if you think about it, but I am not too sure if this
is the official explanation.
RAccess
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