From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 2 16:58:22 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 BE2C216A4CF for ; Fri, 2 Jan 2004 16:58:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from cheyenne.wixb.com (cheyenne.wixb.com [65.43.82.170]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A12B943D1D for ; Fri, 2 Jan 2004 16:58:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jeff_bronson@wixb.com) Received: from thinkpad.wixb.com (thinkpad.wixb.com [10.43.82.5]) i030wK2X000245; Fri, 2 Jan 2004 18:58:20 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <6.0.1.1.2.20040102185755.00b34fa8@cheyenne.wixb.com> Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2004 18:58:20 -0600 To: Lowell Gilbert From: "J.D. Bronson" In-Reply-To: <44wu89vonq.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <6.0.1.1.2.20040102180137.00b3e980@cheyenne.wixb.com> <44wu89vonq.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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 00:58:22 -0000 At 06:52 PM 1/2/2004, Lowell Gilbert wrote: >"J.D. Bronson" 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, Thanks...I didnt this before and now I feel better :) -- J.D. Bronson Aurora Health Care // Information Services // Milwaukee, WI USA Office: 414.978.8282 // Fax: 414.328.8282 // Pager: 414.314.8282