Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 12 Jan 2004 10:08:31 +0100 | From | "J.A. Magallon" <> | Subject | Re: /proc/kcore size |
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On 01.12, J.A. Magallon wrote: > Hi all... > > To the request of one of my users, I installed the 'hinv' program (1.4pre1) by > Larry McVoy. > > Problem: it detects the memory amount in the box by stat'ing /proc/kcore. > Thats not the problem, but that the box has 1Gb of memory, and kcore is just > 896Mb big. > > Kernel is built with 4Gb support: > > annwn:/proc# free > total used free shared buffers cached > Mem: 1033172 1017772 15400 0 164792 556416 > -/+ buffers/cache: 296564 736608 > Swap: 1951856 8 1951848 > > annwn:/proc# hinv > Main memory size: 896 Mbytes > ... > > annwn:/proc# ll /proc/kcore > -r-------- 1 root root 939528192 Jan 12 10:02 /proc/kcore > > Exactly the same as a box that has _really_ 896 Mb: > > werewolf:/proc# ll kcore > -r-------- 1 root root 939528192 Jan 12 10:02 kcore > > werewolf:/proc# free > total used free shared buffers cached > Mem: 905012 276008 629004 0 27268 109344 > -/+ buffers/cache: 139396 765616 > Swap: 345356 0 345356 > > BUG ? >
Ooops, sorry. annwn is a (patched)2.4.24 and werewolf is 2.6.1-mm2(+hfsplusfs).
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