From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 16 20:07:51 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1650F1065673 for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:07:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from timothyk@wallnet.com) Received: from mail-gw4.njit.edu (mail.njit.edu [128.235.251.178]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC6CC8FC12 for ; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:07:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from timothyk@wallnet.com) Received: from gilgamesh.maestro (dhcp114-134.njit.edu [128.235.114.134]) by mail-gw4.njit.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n0GJPbvZ020810; Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:25:42 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <4970DF70.7040504@wallnet.com> Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:26:40 -0500 From: Tim Kellers User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071217) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: RW References: <4970C565.1000304@njit.edu> <20090116182702.67853017@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <20090116182702.67853017@gumby.homeunix.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RAM/Memory resources on 7 STABLE X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:07:51 -0000 Thanks to all who responded. I am familiar with the FAQ and what it says about memory handling. This is my first time with installed RAM over 8 Gig in an AMD environment so I was just making sure there wasn't something going on that looked odd to anyone else. Tim RW wrote: > On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:35:33 -0500 > Tim Kellers wrote: > > > >> I've never noticed this (the slow decline of Free) before on any >> machine I've had. Maybe that just means it has happened and I >> haven't noticed it, but I don't know. >> > > FreeBSD has worked like that for a long time, it doesn't free memory as > long as there's a better use for it. It just maintains a few percent > free for interrupt handling. > > It's in the FAQ. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > >