>Now I'm trying to figure out why 2.2.0pre5 'free' says I have
>only 30752k memory available when 2.2.0pre4 said I had 30816k
>with an identical configuration.
>
>Jan 3 13:43:08 localhost kernel: Linux version 2.2.0-pre4 (stevev@tzadkiel) (gcc version 2.7.2.3) #26 Sun Jan 3 02:24:03 PST 1999
>Jan 3 13:43:08 localhost kernel: Memory: 30776k/32768k available (916k kernel code, 408k reserved, 628k data, 40k init)
>
>[ here 'free' used to report total mem of 30816k, I swear ]
>
>Jan 6 22:35:58 localhost kernel: Linux version 2.2.0-pre5 (stevev@tzadkiel) (gcc version 2.7.2.3) #27 Wed Jan 6 21:28:58 PST 1999
>Jan 6 22:35:58 localhost kernel: Memory: 30776k/32768k available (916k kernel code, 408k reserved, 628k data, 40k init)
>
>$ uname -a
>Linux tzadkiel 2.2.0-pre5 #27 Wed Jan 6 21:28:58 PST 1999 i486 unknown
>$ free
> total used free shared buffers cached
>Mem: 30752 29888 864 12384 840 9632
>-/+ buffers/cache: 19416 11336
>Swap: 99324 10900 88424
That's one of the things I don't like in 2.1.x and 2.2.0-prex ...
they eat far more memory than 2.0.x.
That's also the reason behind my memory_save patch (which I sended to the list
yesterday... if it didn't show up tell me and I'll repost it)
About memory usage differences between 2.2.0-pre4 and 2.2.0-pre5:
>From the messages you included, looks like memory usage is the same
(916k kernel, 408k reserved, 628k data, 40k init) but that instead
of freeing init memory, 2.2.0-pre5 allocates some more.
If `init' memory were freed correctly, `free' would/should report
30816k (30776+40) both on 2.2.0-pre4 and on 2.2.0-pre5
Bye,
Massimiliano Ghilardi
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