Re: Free memory level in 2.6.16?

Steve Bergman
2006-10-05T20:40:22Z

On Thu, 2006-10-05 at 22:01 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:

>
> You could play with /proc/sys/vm/lowmem_reserve_ratio but must
> likely some defaults need tweaking.

Hmmm, after a bit of googling and a download of 2.6.18, it seems that
documentation on lowmem_reserve_ratio is still on the todo list.

cat /proc/sys/vm/lowmem_reserve_ratio

gives me "256 256 32" on the system in question. Can someone give me a
quick rundown of what this means?

Thanks,
Steve Bergman