On Fri, 2007-07-20 at 16:57 +0200, joachim.backes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Hi, Aaron, > > I see. But this does not explain _why_ something is lost. The man > page > of the "free" cmd should be improved in a manner that "free" does not > show the _whole_ physical memory size, but a reduced one. > > I'm wondering that nobody complains about this "hole". Someone else pointed out this extra memory is reserved for the kernel and the BIOS. Rahul once explained how this arithmetic goes but I can't reproduce his explanation. It involves using the buffer/cache display in the calculation. But there is something wrong with the display of free. Look at the -o option explanation which does not seem to do what it says it does. -- ======================================================================= All is fear in love and war. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
