Messages in this thread | | | From | sct@dcs ... | Date | Mon, 1 Apr 96 23:00 BST | Subject | Re: Format of /proc/sys/vm - files? |
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Hi,
On Sat, 30 Mar 1996 17:37:05 +0100 (MET), Thomas.Koenig@ciw.uni-karlsruhe.de (Thomas Konig) said:
> What's the format of the /proc/sys/vm - files? > Freepages is fairly clearly documented in the kernel sources, but I > can't find a good description of the other files and parameters.
/proc/sys/vm/bdflush is a mirror of the parameters used by bdflush; they are documented in linux/fs/buffer.c and in "update -h".
kswapd and swapctl will probably change in the near future as they stabilise, so don't rely on them. That's why they aren't documented yet!
Cheers, Stephen. -- Stephen Tweedie <sct@dcs.ed.ac.uk> Department of Computer Science, Edinburgh University, Scotland.
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