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To: Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>
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Subject: Re: Wired memory 
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From: David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM>
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Date: Mon, 05 Feb 1996 15:14:36 -0800
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>When I run top, it seems that much more memory is in the Wired column... Is
>that expected or is there a problem somewhere ? 

   It's expected. The memory that is associated with filesystem buffers now
shows up as "wired" - it was previously accounted for in the "active" memory.
FS caching that is not associated with buffers is still "cache" memory,
however.

-DG

David Greenman
Core Team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project