Messages in this thread | | | From | Claudio Martins <> | Subject | Re: MemShared == 0 ? | Date | Mon, 25 Jun 2001 14:26:34 +0100 |
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On Monday 25 June 2001 11:21, Rodrigo Ventura wrote: > /proc> cat version meminfo > Linux version 2.4.6-pre3 (yoda@damasio) (gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 > (release)) #3 Mon Jun 18 19:00:11 WEST 2001 total: used: free: > shared: buffers: cached: > Mem: 261779456 256925696 4853760 0 134025216 82280448 > Swap: 271425536 10993664 260431872 ^^^^ > MemTotal: 255644 kB \ > MemFree: 4740 kB \ > MemShared: 0 kB <<<<<<<<<< **** What's the meaning of this? > ***** Buffers: 130884 kB >
From the discussion I've read elsewhere in this list, it means that this value is just not computed anymore and is kept at 0 for compatibility with old programs that parse this table. It seems that presenting this number was computationaly expensive for the kernel.
regards cumprimentos
Claudio
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