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? > > -- > > Amal Phadke, Ph.D Candidate > Department of Ocean and Resources Engineering, SOEST > University of Hawaii at Manoa > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
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 #geeks/irc.openprojects.net -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS GIT GP d- s+: a-- C++ UL+++ P+ L+++ E+ W+++ N+ o K- w--- O- M-- V- PS+ PE Y+ PGP++ t++ 5-- X++ R* tv-- b+ DI+ D- G++ e h! r* !y+ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
