Subject: Re: Two questions
To: Patrick J.M. Keane <pkeane@ozymandias.evans1.wilkes.edu>
From: Jukka Marin <jmarin@pyy.jmp.fi>
List: port-sparc
Date: 04/09/1997 18:27:20
On Wed, Apr 09, 1997 at 11:03:45AM -0400, Patrick J.M. Keane wrote:

> Apr  7 08:31:19 ozymandias /netbsd: real mem = 25055232
> Apr  7 08:31:19 ozymandias /netbsd: avail mem = 21893120
> Apr  7 08:31:20 ozymandias /netbsd: using 305 buffers containing
> 	1249280 bytes of memory
> 
> Here is what I have for memory on boot.  Now, is this correct?  Why do
> I claim only 12M of memory here, when I've got ~22M available?  Am I
> reading this wrong, or is this something I need to configure?

It says you have 25055232 bytes of memory, of which 21893120 bytes is
available for normal use (the rest goes for the kernel, buffers etc.)
The third number is the size of the buffer cache (AFAIK) and it's 1.2 MB,
not 12 MB. :-)  Ie. everything seems to be fine.

> I can't find the kernel sources anywhere on ftp.netbsd.org.  Can
> someone point me in the right direction, or at least tell me what I
> can do with files that end in .aa, .ab, .ac, etc?  Those are all I
> seem to be able to find.

Look for ksrc.tar.gz or something like that..

  -jm


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