Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 10:08:31 -0400 From: Vivek Khera <vivek@khera.org> To: FreeBSD amd64 List <freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Programs memory usage in AMD64 Message-ID: <AB1C59AA-E2B2-4BED-AD09-489C3AC9905E@khera.org> In-Reply-To: <20050608091315.E8933@zoraida.natserv.net> References: <20050608091315.E8933@zoraida.natserv.net>
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On Jun 8, 2005, at 9:21 AM, Francisco Reyes wrote: > > I am finding it's considerably higher. For example > > sshd takes under 3MB in i386. It takes close to 30MB in AMD64! > > csh takes 2MB in i386 and almost 6MB in AMD64. Not as bad as sshd, > but still almost 3 times. :-( > > Why is it that programs take so much more memory in AMD64? > That's the VSZ I see. I'm sure that includes the entire shared object size as well, which doesn't really matter since they are shared in physical memory. The RSS are comparable. Vivek Khera, Ph.D. +1-301-869-4449 x806
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