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Date:      Mon, 05 Feb 1996 15:14:36 -0800
From:      David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM>
To:        Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG (FreeBSD Current Users' list)
Subject:   Re: Wired memory 
Message-ID:  <199602052314.PAA03776@Root.COM>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 05 Feb 1996 23:34:46 %2B0100." <199602052234.XAA11357@keltia.freenix.fr> 

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>When I run top, it seems that much more memory is in the Wired column... Is
>that expected or is there a problem somewhere ? 

   It's expected. The memory that is associated with filesystem buffers now
shows up as "wired" - it was previously accounted for in the "active" memory.
FS caching that is not associated with buffers is still "cache" memory,
however.

-DG

David Greenman
Core Team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project



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