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Date:      Wed, 19 May 1999 18:37:14 +0100
From:      "Greg Quinlan" <greg@qmpgmc.ac.uk>
To:        "Mike Smith" <mike@smith.net.au>
Cc:        <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Memory leaks & kernel panic/reboot & ahc reboot 
Message-ID:  <00ea01bea21e$3bad8a20$380051c2@greg.qmpgmc.ac.uk>

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Previously Mike Smith wrote:
>The Active/Inactive/Wired/Cache/Buf/Free statistics refer to the
>disposition of physical memory.  They are unrelated to swap usage.....

Physical memory unrelated to swap.... that's a new one!
Do you get many laughs?

Yes! I remember you,  you're the one with so much time on his hands you play
'bounce'  with TCP.

>Look somewhere else for your problem.  Maybe your CPU fan has stopped
>again; get someone to shine a light in your ear.

Person insults now...

Gauche aren't  we?
Any other problems you do not want people to talk about?

>Ask yourself this - if there is a fatal memory management problem in
>FreeBSD, why isn't everyone else seeing it?  How many FreeBSD users are
>there?  How many of you are there?

How many people have EXACTLY my hardware config', kernel config', and
services....hmmmm none!


Greg


-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To: Greg Quinlan <greg@qmpgmc.ac.uk>
Cc: Daniel C. Sobral <dcs@newsguy.com>; Ilya Balashov <tsw@inec.ru>;
freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Date: 19 May 1999 17:58
Subject: Re: Memory leaks & kernel panic/reboot & ahc reboot


>> That is it!!!!!!
>>
>> Here is output 'top' after 1 day. This could easily cause a panic/reboot
>> once swap has run-out and may also be related to the ahc reboot problem,
and
>> kernel panic reboots I have been experiencing.
>
>You totally fail to understand how memory is managed by FreeBSD, and
>are thus grasping at imaginary problems.  Don't do this.
>
>The Active/Inactive/Wired/Cache/Buf/Free statistics refer to the
>disposition of physical memory.  They are unrelated to swap usage, do
>not interact with the 'ahc' driver, and are unlikely to cause anything
>to panic.
>
>Ask yourself this - if there is a fatal memory management problem in
>FreeBSD, why isn't everyone else seeing it?  How many FreeBSD users are
>there?  How many of you are there?
>
>Look somewhere else for your problem.  Maybe your CPU fan has stopped
>again; get someone to shine a light in your ear. 8)
>--
>\\  The mind's the standard       \\  Mike Smith
>\\  of the man.                   \\  msmith@freebsd.org
>\\    -- Joseph Merrick           \\  msmith@cdrom.com
>
>
>




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