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From: David van Hoose <davidvh@cox.net>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Question regarding inactive memory
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 13:34:36 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3EAEC5BC.3070008@cox.net> (raw)

This may be a bit of a newbie'ish question, and maybe a bit off-topic, 
but is there any way for me to remove inactive memory, either explicitly 
or implicitly? I have 512MB of PC2700 SDRAM, but my system is constantly 
eating into the swap I have on my system since I have usually about 
140-300MB of inactive (and dirty) RAM and usually about only 250MB in 
active memory. Is there a way for me to correct this bad memory usage 
without having to reboot? If patching the kernel would be a possible 
route to venture to, I'm game.

Any suggestions or comments are welcome.

Thank you all!
David


             reply	other threads:[~2003-04-29 18:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-04-29 18:34 David van Hoose [this message]
2003-04-29 18:53 ` Question regarding inactive memory Richard B. Johnson
2003-04-29 19:06   ` David van Hoose

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