From owner-svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Sun Aug 12 02:53:47 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-head@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46CDD1060004; Sun, 12 Aug 2018 02:53:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eadler@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:3]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DF5B474435; Sun, 12 Aug 2018 02:53:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eadler@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org (repo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BB64B202CC; Sun, 12 Aug 2018 02:53:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eadler@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.37]) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id w7C2rkfT043634; Sun, 12 Aug 2018 02:53:46 GMT (envelope-from eadler@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from eadler@localhost) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id w7C2rkoW043633; Sun, 12 Aug 2018 02:53:46 GMT (envelope-from eadler@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <201808120253.w7C2rkoW043633@repo.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: repo.freebsd.org: eadler set sender to eadler@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Eitan Adler Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2018 02:53:46 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r52108 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq X-SVN-Group: doc-head X-SVN-Commit-Author: eadler X-SVN-Commit-Paths: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq X-SVN-Commit-Revision: 52108 X-SVN-Commit-Repository: doc MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.27 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the doc tree for head List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2018 02:53:47 -0000 Author: eadler Date: Sun Aug 12 02:53:46 2018 New Revision: 52108 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/52108 Log: faq: update entry about free data The way free memory management was done was changed in mid-2016. Update the FAQ to match. Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Sat Aug 11 21:02:22 2018 (r52107) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Sun Aug 12 02:53:46 2018 (r52108) @@ -6532,8 +6532,8 @@ hint.sio.7.irq="12" memory. Any memory that programs do not actively allocate is used within the &os; kernel as disk cache. The values shown by &man.top.1; labeled as - Inact, Cache, and - Buf are all cached data at different + Inact and Laundry + are cached data at different aging levels. This cached data means the system does not have to access a slow disk again for data it has accessed recently, thus increasing overall performance. In