Problem with virtually no buffer usage in 2.4.21mdk kernel
From: Robert Creager (Robert_Creager@LogicalChaos.org)
Date: Sat May 24 2003 - 23:37:11 EST
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Hey folks,
I'm using a custom built 2.4.21 kernel from the Mandrake 9.1 distribution. The hardware is dual AMD Athlon 2600+ system with 2Gb of registered DDR ECC memory, SCSI and ATA disks.
My apparent problem is I'm seeing virtually no buffer usage, as checked from /proc/meminfo. The system has been up for 11 days, with heavy dB and file access activity (Gb's worth per day), yet the buffer usage never budges. Am I missing something fundamental, have I boffed the kernel build, or is there a problem? I would appreciate any pointers.
total: used: free: shared: buffers: cached:
Mem: 2119151616 2068426752 50724864 0 90112 1888358400
Swap: 2089177088 70832128 2018344960
MemTotal: 2069484 kB
MemFree: 49536 kB
MemShared: 0 kB
Buffers: 88 kB
Cached: 1823808 kB
SwapCached: 20292 kB
Active: 1209640 kB
Inactive: 712324 kB
HighTotal: 1179136 kB
HighFree: 2044 kB
LowTotal: 890348 kB
LowFree: 47492 kB
SwapTotal: 2040212 kB
SwapFree: 1971040 kB
Thanks for your time,
Rob
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