MemShared == 0 ?
/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 4853760 0 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
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Quoted 11 lines · 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 4853760 0 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
Quoted 8 lines · 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 4853760 0 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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