On Fri, 2003-09-19 at 23:20, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Fri, 19 Sep 2003, Robert Fox wrote: > > > I have three different machines running latest Cooker. I noticed that > > the memory usage under the normal kernel (2.4.22-10mdk) seems normal, > > but the reported usage using the big memory kernel > > (2.4.22-10mdk-i686-up-4GB) is very large: > > > so? > > if you have lots of mem, it makes sense to cache all sorts of interesting > data in your memory. Not to much so that if you start a program that you > will have to free mem. But having your memory just sit there without data > would be a waste. > IMO, it is completely normal, and useful, behaviour. >
I want to agree with you - but 768 Meg of memory is still considered "lots" - and if you look at the numbers carefully, you'll see that the machine with 768 is showing proportionally more free memory as the machine with 1280 Meg. Also, the machine with 1280 Meg showed much better memory usage when I was running the earlier "Enterprise" kernels - before the i686-up-4GB became available - so I suspect something is wrong here! If I recall, it was showing under Gkrellm 1280M - 968M Free . . . . > You have lots of questions, Robert:) > There is no better way to learn, If you don't ask - you'll never know! Cheers, R.Fox
