From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262171AbTEYOAC (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 May 2003 10:00:02 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262577AbTEYOAC (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 May 2003 10:00:02 -0400 Received: from vsat-148-64-8-86.c119.t7.mrt.starband.net ([148.64.8.86]:260 "EHLO chaos.mshome.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262171AbTEYOAB (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 May 2003 10:00:01 -0400 Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 08:12:53 -0600 From: Robert Creager To: Bruce Harada Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Problem with virtually no buffer usage in 2.4.21mdk kernel Message-Id: <20030525081253.05d4e5f3.Robert_Creager@LogicalChaos.org> In-Reply-To: <20030525151816.4a433953.bharada@coral.ocn.ne.jp> References: <20030524223320.7c1ac413.Robert_Creager@LogicalChaos.org> <20030525151816.4a433953.bharada@coral.ocn.ne.jp> Organization: Starlight Vision, LLC. X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.11claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg="pgp-sha1"; boundary="=.b+5r?LpR9K/e?K" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --=.b+5r?LpR9K/e?K Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hey Bruce, On Sun, 25 May 2003 15:18:16 +0900 Bruce Harada said something like: > On Sat, 24 May 2003 22:33:20 -0600 > Robert Creager 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 -- O_ --=.b+5r?LpR9K/e?K Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAj7Qz2UACgkQgy51bQc2FFlOsACg4nDuT+MHm4oj5QQjfRZhfCFX A/0AoN8xtMvS3v68WygvlDPkZEM1GwbB =NjwT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=.b+5r?LpR9K/e?K--