Re: Stable Alpha on 2.2? How do we build a stable install?

[Michal Jaegermann <michal ellpspace math ualberta ca>]

Eric Bohm wrote:
> 
> 
> Even under 2.2.7 I end up with apparently absurd memory use.
> 
>  9:57am  up 11:18,  3 users,  load average: 0.05, 0.02, 0.00
> 47 processes: 45 sleeping, 2 running, 0 zombie, 0 stopped
> CPU states:  1.8% user,  2.0% system,  0.0% nice, 96.0% idle
> Mem:  192232K av, 186472K used,   5760K free,  69008K shrd,  39168K buff
> Swap: 170256K av,   2760K used, 167496K free                 91424K cached


There is nothing absurd in this memory use in an absence of other
information (where are your buffer numbers?).  Linux works under
assumption that an unused memory is a wasted memory and all free memory
gradualy shifts into i/o buffers - from which it will be released if
needed for other purposes.  On the first glance the numbers you
quote look actually very nice.  A minimal swap (probably some processes
sleeping) and most of your memory in action earning its upkeep. :-)

This is actually a feature and the question was answered many times
and in many different places.

   Michal