From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 2 16:03:23 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FE3616A4CE for ; Fri, 2 Jan 2004 16:03:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from cheyenne.wixb.com (cheyenne.wixb.com [65.43.82.170]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B23543D67 for ; Fri, 2 Jan 2004 16:03:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jeff_bronson@wixb.com) Received: from thinkpad.wixb.com (thinkpad.wixb.com [10.43.82.5]) i0303Jg9002090 for ; Fri, 2 Jan 2004 18:03:19 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <6.0.1.1.2.20040102180137.00b3e980@cheyenne.wixb.com> Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2004 18:03:19 -0600 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: "J.D. Bronson" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: memory use on 5.2RC2 i386 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2004 00:03:23 -0000 I have noticed that when building apps (via gcc for example) that my free RAM (seen via 'top') is diminishing down to almost nothing... Is it going to buffer space? it looks like at this rate, I will start swapping soon... Any comments or any way to change this behavior? ..I dont remember this 'issue' on 4.9.... -- J.D. Bronson Aurora Health Care // Information Services // Milwaukee, WI USA Office: 414.978.8282 // Fax: 414.328.8282 // Pager: 414.314.8282