Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 10:20:32 -0700 From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: "Andrew N. Edmond" <edmond@uwyo.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Available Memory? Message-ID: <199605151720.KAA14831@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 13 May 1996 17:05:37 MDT." <Pine.PMDF.3.91.960513170146.25787B-100000@PLAINS.UWYO.EDU>
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> On boot, I get these lines...
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> real memory = 67108864 (65536K bytes)
> avail memory = 63291392 (61808K bytes)
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> Where is the other 4mb of memory going to? Is this a kernel
> configuration issue, or is this just the way FreeBSD handles memory?
This just shows how much is left after the kernel makes it's cut. Your kernel
is 4MB. Are you still using GENERIC? :-)
This is my profile:
FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE #3: Thu Feb 22 20:07:20 PST 1996
dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu:/usr/src/sys/compile/GDI
CPU: 90-MHz Pentium 735\\90 (Pentium-class CPU)
Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x524 Stepping=4
Features=0x1bf<FPU,VME,PSE,MCE,CX8,APIC>
real memory = 33554432 (32768K bytes)
avail memory = 30691328 (29972K bytes)
Note FreeBSD has slurped away 2.7MB. It's just how big the OS is. :-)
> BTW: FreeBSD is a *great* OS. Everyone using this software send a
> silent thanks to the creators of this amazing piece of OS.
You're welcome.
Doug White | University of Oregon
Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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