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marbleuser 2011-10-07 22:57
237mb or 256mb? 'free' command shows 237
 
Code:
$ free
              total        used        free      shared      buffers
  Mem:      237312      230064        7248            0        1844
 Swap:      786424        99148      687276
Total:      1023736      329212      694524
~ $
is everyone else getting 237mb when they type the command 'free' into xterm or has my n900 always had some bad memory?

stooobs 2011-10-07 23:30
Re: 237mb or 256mb? 'free' command shows 237
 
~ $ free
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 237312 224276 13036 0 5380
Swap: 1308496 113036 1195460
Total: 1545808 337312 1208496
conky says 232
i read something in kernel power about a zip ram memory of 16mb in the standad ram being quicker but asumed it was in the new kp49 mabys its something to do with that

wmarone 2011-10-08 03:32
Re: 237mb or 256mb? 'free' command shows 237
 
Please keep in mind that some RAM is in use by the kernel, and that RAM is not available to user space applications.

tuxsavvy 2011-10-08 03:42
Re: 237mb or 256mb? 'free' command shows 237
 
From dmesg:
Code:
[    0.000000] Memory: 256MB = 256MB total
[    0.000000] Memory: 236860KB available (3288K code, 445K data, 144K init)
Also I have the similar output as well:
Code:
Nokia-N900:~$ free
            total        used        free      shared      buffers
Mem:        237312      227616        9696            0        3252
-/+ buffers:            224364        12948
Swap:      786424      153736      632688


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