On Thu, 2004-06-24 at 17:58, Smith, Craig wrote: > Memory: 14112k available (1564k kernel code, 436k data, 68k init, 0k > highmem)
<snip> > ######################################## > root at raptorlinux->~ [2] cat /proc/meminfo > total: used: free: shared: buffers: cached: > Mem: 14520320 4505600 10014720 0 0 2531328 > Swap: 0 0 0 > MemTotal: 14180 kB > MemFree: 9780 kB > MemShared: 0 kB > Buffers: 0 kB > Cached: 2472 kB > SwapCached: 0 kB > Active: 1088 kB > Inactive: 1792 kB > HighTotal: 0 kB > HighFree: 0 kB > LowTotal: 14180 kB > LowFree: 9780 kB > SwapTotal: 0 kB > SwapFree: 0 kB > > Question: Why the total (and "available" value at startup) indicates > ~14M...why doesn't it say 16M (and what is the ~2.5M "cached" value). Thanks > again in advance. The memory line from the boot sequence tells you why total is not 16MB. The kernel is already using it... :) You can find the answer to your cached question if you look at the code from fs/proc/proc_misc.c Jeff Angielski The PTR Group ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/
