From owner-linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Fri Jan 7 07:16:17 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Fri, 7 Jan 2000 07:16:13 +0100 Received: from terra.geo.uu.nl ([131.211.29.16]:5536 "EHLO terra.geo.uu.nl" smtp-auth: ) by humbolt.nl.linux.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 7 Jan 2000 07:15:51 +0100 Received: from smtp3.gateway.net (relay8.gateway.net [208.230.117.247]) by terra.geo.uu.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3/TvZ) with ESMTP id HAA05218 for ; Fri, 7 Jan 2000 07:12:29 +0100 (MET) Received: from oemcomputer (1Cust94.tnt8.nyc3.da.uu.net [63.27.34.94]) by smtp3.gateway.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id BAA14697 for ; Fri, 7 Jan 2000 01:10:40 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <000501bf58de$6f2f0640$5e221b3f@oemcomputer> From: "bis" To: Subject: How Red Hat Linux 6.0 handles memory. To me it looks like a disaster Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 01:11:33 -0600 Organization: X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: owner-linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mm-www-list Dear Linux Team, I have little hope that somebody will be so kind to answer but I have unpleasant experience with memory using 2.2.5-15smp Kernel. Red Hat Linux 6.0. Whatever I do my free memory always shrinks. I have around 1GB of memory. Everything works looked fine. But then I found unpleasant surprise. I run large program (which fits into RAM nicely) and then run free or vmstat I always observe reduction on memory. I also run Apache on the machine. If I try to retrieve a page from my website on that machine I always loose memory. It goes in to cash or shared memory but free memory ALWAYS SHRINKS. And I don't understand why. I think the only possible explanation is kernel behavior. To me it's absolutely unsatisfactory. Sometimes during HTML page retrieval (just when I click a browser) it reduces by 200 KB. Hardly believable? But it's true. And it's reproducible. Sometimes it reduces only by 4 KB. But whatever I do it always shrinks. At the same time I planned to run two big programs in parallel which consume 300-400 M of memory. However, after each run I always get 30-40 M reduction in free memory. (From my point of view free memory is maximum memory you can allocate from you program). This situation looks pretty much disastrous since rather quickly when the memory will be as low as 700M the system will start swapping and will further reduce free memory in the system. I observe all this already for 4 months. And I don't like it. Even if I run something pretty small I still get effective memory reduction. I find all this highly unsatisfactory. And I don't understand why people consider kernel 2.2.5-15smp as being stable. I understand that there perhaps a certain algorithm in kernel which redistributes the memory. But I don't like this behavior I can hardly do anything about it. The loss of memory accessible from the programs diminishes very rapidly. Sometimes 10-20 M per day. Though my machine is almost empty. And it's not clear whether it's possible or not to stop this process. Maybe it will stabilize maybe not. Maybe I will be forced to reboot every day... I don't understand why people are so happy about latest versions of Linux... Could you do something about it? For me all this is just equivalent to a huge memory leak. Could you please tell me what shall I do? My system was installed by Dell (as well as Apache) and everything appears to run smoothly but this problem with memory makes me really sick. Could please improve the kernel or give me some explanation of what is going on? If I don't reboot my machine for a month I easily me loose 150M or more of memory. I agree with you that this is probably not a real memory leak... But my inability to influence distribution of memory by kernel makes me helpless. Could someone give at least a hint of what is going on? I would be very grateful to that person. Regards, Boris - Linux-mm-www: builders list for the Linux-MM website Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.linux.eu.org/Linux-MM/ From owner-linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Fri Jan 7 15:35:39 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Fri, 7 Jan 2000 15:35:19 +0100 Received: from agratax.demon.nl ([212.238.108.69]:57095 "EHLO agratax.demon.nl" smtp-auth: ) by humbolt.nl.linux.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 7 Jan 2000 15:34:50 +0100 Received: from mirkwood.dummy.home ([10.0.0.1]:53511 "EHLO mirkwood.dummy.home") by mirkwood.nl.linux.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 7 Jan 2000 15:20:55 +0100 From: Rik van Riel X-Sender: riel@mirkwood.dummy.home To: bis cc: linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Subject: Re: How Red Hat Linux 6.0 handles memory. To me it looks like a disaster In-Reply-To: <000501bf58de$6f2f0640$5e221b3f@oemcomputer> Message-ID: Organisation: NL.linux.org (http://www.nl.linux.org/) X-Search-Engine-Bait: http://www.nl.linux.org/ MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2000 15:20:55 +0100 Sender: owner-linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mm-www-list On Fri, 7 Jan 2000, bis wrote: > Whatever I do my free memory always shrinks. This is an FAQ, somebody should document this... (one of the other Linux-MM folks please) - free memory is wasted memory, the Linux kernel will try to use system memory as effectively as possible - Linux uses a unified memory pool, that means that all memory can be used for everything (kernel structures, buffers, cache or user memory) - when there is free memory, the kernel will use it to cache data from disk - when there is a shortage of memory, the kernel will free some of that cache and/or swap out programs There is no memory leak or whatever going on, it's just the kernel using memory to its fullest potential. It is true, however, that the 2.2 memory reclamation algorithm is not the most effective, that algorithm has improved a lot in 2.3 (and will be in kernel 2.4 when it comes out later this year). regards, Rik -- The Internet is not a network of computers. It is a network of people. That is its real strength. - Linux-mm-www: builders list for the Linux-MM website Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.linux.eu.org/Linux-MM/ From owner-linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Sat Jan 8 00:02:24 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Sat, 8 Jan 2000 00:02:13 +0100 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Sat, 8 Jan 2000 00:01:40 +0100 From: Rik van Riel To: linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Subject: [CVS] humbolt:/linux-mm mm-links.html Message-Id: <20000107230144Z92172-16914+113@humbolt.nl.linux.org> Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2000 00:01:40 +0100 Sender: owner-linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mm-www-list Update of /home/CVS/linux-mm In directory humbolt:/tmp/cvs-serv23861 Modified Files: mm-links.html Log Message: dlmalloc added - Linux-mm-www: builders list for the Linux-MM website Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.linux.eu.org/Linux-MM/ From owner-linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Mon Jan 10 07:33:22 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Mon, 10 Jan 2000 07:33:11 +0100 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Mon, 10 Jan 2000 07:32:47 +0100 From: Rik van Riel To: linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Subject: [CVS] humbolt:/linux-mm index.html people.html Message-Id: <20000110063249Z92194-29582+4@humbolt.nl.linux.org> Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 07:32:47 +0100 Sender: owner-linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mm-www-list Update of /home/CVS/linux-mm In directory humbolt:/tmp/cvs-serv988 Modified Files: index.html people.html Log Message: bigphysarea news added - Linux-mm-www: builders list for the Linux-MM website Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.linux.eu.org/Linux-MM/ From owner-linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Thu Jan 13 21:21:01 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Thu, 13 Jan 2000 21:20:48 +0100 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Thu, 13 Jan 2000 21:20:14 +0100 From: Rik van Riel To: linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Subject: [CVS] humbolt:/linux-mm todo.html Message-Id: <20000113202025Z92219-19445+65@humbolt.nl.linux.org> Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 21:20:14 +0100 Sender: owner-linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mm-www-list Update of /home/CVS/linux-mm In directory humbolt:/tmp/cvs-serv19282 Modified Files: todo.html Log Message: things that were done years ago deleted - Linux-mm-www: builders list for the Linux-MM website Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.linux.eu.org/Linux-MM/ From owner-linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Fri Jan 14 00:23:12 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Fri, 14 Jan 2000 00:23:01 +0100 Received: from nvgate.nvidia.com ([140.174.105.2]:12364 "EHLO thelma.NVidia.COM" smtp-auth: ) by humbolt.nl.linux.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 14 Jan 2000 00:22:29 +0100 Received: from exchange.nvidia.com (exchange [172.16.30.109]) by thelma.NVidia.COM (8.8.8+Sun/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA10695 for ; Thu, 13 Jan 2000 15:19:01 -0800 (PST) Received: by exchange.nvidia.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Thu, 13 Jan 2000 15:19:01 -0800 Message-ID: <0FAFF9947591D31190A3009027DE511CA19EE5@nvjerry.nvidia.com> From: Kelly Alexander To: linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Subject: 1+ GB support Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 15:19:00 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mm-www-list I've read a bunch of linux news that says that the later kernels such as 2.3.35 can support more than 1gb of memory. I've put together a system with 4gb of RAM (dell 6300, 2x PIII 550 xeon CPUs) and can see that the kernel reports all 4gb is there and I can use 4gb if running multiple processes. However, I've been unable to malloc and use more than 1gb per process. Is this a limitation or am I doing something wrong? I've tried to use the obsolete FAQ on large memory to give me some ideas of where to poke around but no luck so far. Any ideas or pointers for me to investigate? --- Kelly Alexander nVidia Corporation - Linux-mm-www: builders list for the Linux-MM website Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.linux.eu.org/Linux-MM/ From owner-linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Tue Jan 18 11:51:45 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Tue, 18 Jan 2000 11:51:30 +0100 Received: (from localhost user: 'marcel', uid#1060) by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Tue, 18 Jan 2000 11:50:55 +0100 From: Marcel Harkema To: linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Subject: [CVS] humbolt:/linux-mm mm-links.html Message-Id: <20000118105107Z92206-14545+31@humbolt.nl.linux.org> Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 11:50:55 +0100 Sender: owner-linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mm-www-list Update of /home/CVS/linux-mm In directory humbolt:/tmp/cvs-serv31932/linux-mm Modified Files: mm-links.html Log Message: * Add 'Design Elements of the FreeBSD VM System' link. * Update UVM link description. - Linux-mm-www: builders list for the Linux-MM website Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.linux.eu.org/Linux-MM/ From owner-linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Tue Jan 18 11:53:05 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Tue, 18 Jan 2000 11:52:52 +0100 Received: (from localhost user: 'marcel', uid#1060) by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Tue, 18 Jan 2000 11:52:27 +0100 From: Marcel Harkema To: linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Subject: [CVS] humbolt:/linux-mm mm-links.html Message-Id: <20000118105238Z92213-14545+32@humbolt.nl.linux.org> Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 11:52:27 +0100 Sender: owner-linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mm-www-list Update of /home/CVS/linux-mm In directory humbolt:/tmp/cvs-serv32018/linux-mm Modified Files: mm-links.html Log Message: * Oops, updated layout for new link. - Linux-mm-www: builders list for the Linux-MM website Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.linux.eu.org/Linux-MM/ From owner-linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Tue Jan 18 12:06:49 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Tue, 18 Jan 2000 12:06:26 +0100 Received: (from localhost user: 'marcel', uid#1060) by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Tue, 18 Jan 2000 12:05:59 +0100 From: Marcel Harkema To: linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Subject: [CVS] humbolt:/linux-mm mm-links.html Message-Id: <20000118110609Z92212-14545+35@humbolt.nl.linux.org> Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 12:05:59 +0100 Sender: owner-linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mm-www-list Update of /home/CVS/linux-mm In directory humbolt:/tmp/cvs-serv426/linux-mm Modified Files: mm-links.html Log Message: * Add links to SunOS VM papers. - Linux-mm-www: builders list for the Linux-MM website Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.linux.eu.org/Linux-MM/ From owner-linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Sat Jan 22 22:16:29 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Sat, 22 Jan 2000 22:16:18 +0100 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Sat, 22 Jan 2000 22:15:48 +0100 From: Rik van Riel To: linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Subject: [CVS] humbolt:/linux-mm mm-links.html Message-Id: <20000122211551Z92194-29430+66@humbolt.nl.linux.org> Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 22:15:48 +0100 Sender: owner-linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mm-www-list Update of /home/CVS/linux-mm In directory humbolt:/tmp/cvs-serv13929 Modified Files: mm-links.html Log Message: links back into alphabetic order - Linux-mm-www: builders list for the Linux-MM website Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.linux.eu.org/Linux-MM/ From owner-linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Sat Jan 22 22:20:39 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Sat, 22 Jan 2000 22:20:16 +0100 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Sat, 22 Jan 2000 22:19:55 +0100 From: Rik van Riel To: linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Subject: [CVS] humbolt:/linux-mm mm-links.html Message-Id: <20000122211957Z92208-29430+67@humbolt.nl.linux.org> Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 22:19:55 +0100 Sender: owner-linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mm-www-list Update of /home/CVS/linux-mm In directory humbolt:/tmp/cvs-serv14191 Modified Files: mm-links.html Log Message: address changed; it's also _really_ in alphabetical order now - Linux-mm-www: builders list for the Linux-MM website Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.linux.eu.org/Linux-MM/ From owner-linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Sat Jan 22 22:24:39 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Sat, 22 Jan 2000 22:24:24 +0100 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Sat, 22 Jan 2000 22:23:50 +0100 From: Rik van Riel To: linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Subject: [CVS] humbolt:/linux-mm mm-links.html Message-Id: <20000122212402Z92194-29430+68@humbolt.nl.linux.org> Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 22:23:50 +0100 Sender: owner-linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mm-www-list Update of /home/CVS/linux-mm In directory humbolt:/tmp/cvs-serv14430 Modified Files: mm-links.html Log Message: finally sorted out - Linux-mm-www: builders list for the Linux-MM website Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.linux.eu.org/Linux-MM/ From owner-linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Sat Jan 22 22:39:18 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Sat, 22 Jan 2000 22:39:08 +0100 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Sat, 22 Jan 2000 22:38:39 +0100 From: Rik van Riel To: linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Subject: [CVS] humbolt:/linux-mm index.html internals.html kernel-links.html linux-mm.html mm-links.html patches.html people.html todo.html Message-Id: <20000122213847Z92194-29430+70@humbolt.nl.linux.org> Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 22:38:39 +0100 Sender: owner-linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mm-www-list Update of /home/CVS/linux-mm In directory humbolt:/tmp/cvs-serv15233 Modified Files: index.html internals.html kernel-links.html linux-mm.html mm-links.html patches.html people.html todo.html Log Message: CVS $ added - Linux-mm-www: builders list for the Linux-MM website Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.linux.eu.org/Linux-MM/ From owner-linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Sat Jan 22 22:46:59 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Sat, 22 Jan 2000 22:46:49 +0100 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Sat, 22 Jan 2000 22:46:15 +0100 From: Rik van Riel To: linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Subject: [CVS] humbolt:/linux-mm index.html internals.html kernel-links.html linux-mm.html mm-links.html patches.html people.html todo.html Message-Id: <20000122214620Z92194-29430+71@humbolt.nl.linux.org> Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 22:46:15 +0100 Sender: owner-linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mm-www-list Update of /home/CVS/linux-mm In directory humbolt:/tmp/cvs-serv15635 Modified Files: index.html internals.html kernel-links.html linux-mm.html mm-links.html patches.html people.html todo.html Log Message: better not in bold, also fixed minor things in other pages - Linux-mm-www: builders list for the Linux-MM website Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.linux.eu.org/Linux-MM/ From owner-linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Sat Jan 22 23:03:19 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Sat, 22 Jan 2000 22:59:49 +0100 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Sat, 22 Jan 2000 22:57:50 +0100 From: Rik van Riel To: linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Subject: [CVS] humbolt:/linux-mm internals.html linux-mm.html mm-links.html patches.html people.html Message-Id: <20000122215922Z92194-29430+74@humbolt.nl.linux.org> Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 22:57:50 +0100 Sender: owner-linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mm-www-list Update of /home/CVS/linux-mm In directory humbolt:/tmp/cvs-serv16290 Modified Files: internals.html linux-mm.html mm-links.html patches.html people.html Log Message: last layout nitpicks - Linux-mm-www: builders list for the Linux-MM website Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.linux.eu.org/Linux-MM/ From owner-linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Sat Jan 22 23:18:32 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Sat, 22 Jan 2000 23:15:33 +0100 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Sat, 22 Jan 2000 23:14:32 +0100 From: Rik van Riel To: linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Subject: [CVS] humbolt:/linux-mm todo.html Message-Id: <20000122221510Z92200-29430+76@humbolt.nl.linux.org> Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 23:14:32 +0100 Sender: owner-linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mm-www-list Update of /home/CVS/linux-mm In directory humbolt:/tmp/cvs-serv17049 Modified Files: todo.html Log Message: todo list updated, more or less - Linux-mm-www: builders list for the Linux-MM website Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.linux.eu.org/Linux-MM/ From owner-linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Sat Jan 22 23:41:47 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Sat, 22 Jan 2000 23:39:04 +0100 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Sat, 22 Jan 2000 23:37:09 +0100 From: Rik van Riel To: linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Subject: [CVS] humbolt:/linux-mm index.html Message-Id: <20000122223844Z92207-29430+79@humbolt.nl.linux.org> Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 23:37:09 +0100 Sender: owner-linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mm-www-list Update of /home/CVS/linux-mm In directory humbolt:/tmp/cvs-serv18252 Modified Files: index.html Log Message: IRC channel #kernelnewbies added to news - Linux-mm-www: builders list for the Linux-MM website Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.linux.eu.org/Linux-MM/ From owner-linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Tue Jan 25 22:02:22 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Tue, 25 Jan 2000 22:02:06 +0100 Received: from codenet.net ([209.136.121.8]:21262 "EHLO mail.codenet.net") by humbolt.nl.linux.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 25 Jan 2000 22:01:35 +0100 Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 14:02:09 -0700 Message-Id: <200001251402.AA1078722884@mail.codenet.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: "Darren_Mclain" To: Subject: Linux memory management X-Mailer: Sender: owner-linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mm-www-list To "The Team", I am a student at Regis University in Colorado. Currently, I am doing research on the topic of physical memory management in Linux. I am having some troubles finding reliable sources with "meaty" content. Do you have any suggestions? I would greatly appreciate any information that you could provide. Please direct your response to a1bmclain@codenet.net. Thank you for your time. Andy McLain - Linux-mm-www: builders list for the Linux-MM website Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.linux.eu.org/Linux-MM/ From owner-linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Sun Jan 30 18:06:18 2000 Received: by humbolt.nl.linux.org id ; Sun, 30 Jan 2000 18:06:09 +0100 Received: from crcst351.netaddress.usa.net ([204.68.23.96]:40911 "HELO crcst351.netaddress.usa.net") by humbolt.nl.linux.org with SMTP id convert rfc822-to-8bit; Sun, 30 Jan 2000 18:05:39 +0100 Received: (qmail 25994 invoked from network); 30 Jan 2000 17:02:49 -0000 Received: from nwcst290.netaddress.usa.net (204.68.23.35) by outbound.netaddress.usa.net with SMTP; 30 Jan 2000 17:02:49 -0000 Received: (qmail 28562 invoked by uid 60001); 30 Jan 2000 17:02:49 -0000 Message-ID: <20000130170249.28561.qmail@nwcst290.netaddress.usa.net> Received: from 204.68.23.35 by nwcst290 for [203.197.155.147] via web-mailer(M3.4.0.33) on Sun Jan 30 17:02:49 GMT 2000 Date: 30 Jan 00 10:02:49 MST From: sarnath kannan To: linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Subject: a doubt !!! X-Mailer: USANET web-mailer (M3.4.0.33) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: owner-linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: linux-mm-www@nl.linux.org Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mm-www-list HI Guys, I came across ur web-page...Nice to see that... I want to know more about the entire memory arch.., (Like .. Page tables..,Page direc...,VM.. and how they all have been put together....)Can u suggest me a site where i can get all these things .. Thanks in advance.. With lots of linux luv, Sarnath.k ____________________________________________________________________ Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 - Linux-mm-www: builders list for the Linux-MM website Archive: http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/ Web site: http://www.linux.eu.org/Linux-MM/