memory use on 5.2RC2 i386
I have noticed that when building apps (via gcc for example) that my free RAM (seen via 'top') is diminishing down to almost nothing... Is it going to buffer space? it looks like at this rate, I will start swapping soon... Any comments or any way to change this behavior? ..I dont remember this 'issue' on 4.9 -- J.D. Bronson Aurora Health Care // Information Services // Milwaukee, WI USA Office: 414.978.8282 // Fax: 414.328.8282 // Pager: 414.314.8282 ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: memory use on 5.2RC2 i386
J.D. Bronson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have noticed that when building apps (via gcc for example) that my free RAM (seen via 'top') is diminishing down to almost nothing... Free RAM is wasted RAM. Is it going to buffer space? it looks like at this rate, I will start swapping soon... I doubt it. I'm sure the system keeps converting buffer and inactive memory into free memory as it needs it. Any comments or any way to change this behavior? ..I dont remember this 'issue' on 4.9 The FreeBSD virtual memory implementation has always tried to keep memory full. This is the subject of a very popular entry in the FreeBSD Frequently Asked Questions list: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/misc.html#TOP-FREEMEM -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area: resume/CV at http://be-well.ilk.org:8088/~lowell/resume/ username/password public ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: memory use on 5.2RC2 i386
At 06:52 PM 1/2/2004, Lowell Gilbert wrote: J.D. Bronson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have noticed that when building apps (via gcc for example) that my free RAM (seen via 'top') is diminishing down to almost nothing... Free RAM is wasted RAM. Is it going to buffer space? it looks like at this rate, I will start swapping soon... I doubt it. I'm sure the system keeps converting buffer and inactive memory into free memory as it needs it. Any comments or any way to change this behavior? ..I dont remember this 'issue' on 4.9 The FreeBSD virtual memory implementation has always tried to keep memory full. This is the subject of a very popular entry in the FreeBSD Frequently Asked Questions list: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/misc.html#TOP-FREEMEM -- Lowell Gilbert, Thanks...I didnt this before and now I feel better :) -- J.D. Bronson Aurora Health Care // Information Services // Milwaukee, WI USA Office: 414.978.8282 // Fax: 414.328.8282 // Pager: 414.314.8282 ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
