Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 00:57:24 -0500 (EST) From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@rush.net> To: Fadi Sodah <sodah@qatar.net.qa> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: command-top Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990430005544.7628G-100000@cygnus.rush.net> In-Reply-To: <372890EE.B6A1C61F@qatar.net.qa>
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On Thu, 29 Apr 1999, Fadi Sodah wrote: > Fadi Sodah wrote: > > when i run the command top, it reported > > ... > > CPU states:2.7% user, 0.0%, 0.4% system, 0.0% interrupt, 95.4% idle > > Mem: 80M Active, 7548K Inact, 16M Wired, 8339 Buf, 22M Free > > ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ > > Swap: 266M Total, 64K Used, 266M Free > > .... > > > > can you pls explain to me the line regarding the memory stuff: > > Mem: 80M Active, 7548K Inact, 16M Wired, 8339 Buf, 22M Free > > i looked at man top... > > but i cant understand the meaning of 'number of pages'... :/ > i'm not sure about the word 'page'. a "page" generally refers to the minimum size chunk of memory an archetecture can support memory operations on such as protection. in i386 it's 4 kilobytes per page. check out a book on machine level programming or operating system design. -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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