Re: Problem with virtually no buffer usage in 2.4.21mdk kernel

From: Robert Creager (Robert_Creager@LogicalChaos.org)
Date: Sun May 25 2003 - 09:16:19 EST



Hey Bruce,

On Sun, 25 May 2003 15:18:16 +0900
Bruce Harada <bharada@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said something like:

> On Sat, 24 May 2003 22:33:20 -0600
> Robert Creager <Robert_Creager@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > My apparent problem is I'm seeing virtually no buffer usage, as checked from /proc/meminfo
[snip]
> > Buffers: 88 kB
[snip]
>
> Count the columns - the '0' is for shared memory, not buffers.
> As for why shared memory shows as zero, that's in the FAQ:
>
> http://www.tux.org/lkml/#s14-3
>

That's why I said virtually no buffer usage (not shared memory). I'm looking at the 88kb (90112). On my other two systems, both 2.4.19 with 640Mb and 128Mb memory, the buffer usage is 86Mb, and 44Mb respectivly.

Other thoughts?

Thanks,
Rob

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