Date: 02 Jan 2004 19:52:57 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: "J.D. Bronson" <jeff_bronson@wixb.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: memory use on 5.2RC2 i386 Message-ID: <44wu89vonq.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <6.0.1.1.2.20040102180137.00b3e980@cheyenne.wixb.com> References: <6.0.1.1.2.20040102180137.00b3e980@cheyenne.wixb.com>
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"J.D. Bronson" <jeff_bronson@wixb.com> writes: > I have noticed that when building apps (via gcc for example) that my > free RAM (seen via 'top') is diminishing down to almost nothing... "Free RAM is wasted RAM." > Is it going to buffer space? > > it looks like at this rate, I will start swapping soon... I doubt it. I'm sure the system keeps converting buffer and inactive memory into free memory as it needs it. > Any comments or any way to change this behavior? > > ..I dont remember this 'issue' on 4.9.... The FreeBSD virtual memory implementation has always tried to keep memory full. This is the subject of a very popular entry in the FreeBSD Frequently Asked Questions list: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/misc.html#TOP-FREEMEM -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area: resume/CV at http://be-well.ilk.org:8088/~lowell/resume/ username/password "public"
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