From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 14:20:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 14:20:37 -0500 Received: from [64.64.109.142] ([64.64.109.142]:44304 "EHLO quark.didntduck.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 14:20:27 -0500 Message-ID: <3A5A12D8.F10D3440@didntduck.org> Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 14:19:52 -0500 From: Brian Gerst X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Steven_Snyder@3com.com CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Shared memory not enabled in 2.4.0? In-Reply-To: <882569CE.0069993A.00@hqoutbound.ops.3com.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Steven_Snyder@3com.com wrote: > # cat /proc/meminfo > total: used: free: shared: buffers: cached: > Mem: 130293760 123133952 7159808 0 30371840 15179776 This is not SysV/POSIX shared memory. This used to mean the memory that was shared between processes (from librares etc.). It became too expensive to calculate so it was removed. It only remains in /proc/meminfo for backwards compatability with programs that parse that file. -- Brian Gerst - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/