Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932193AbVJYQGX (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Oct 2005 12:06:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932194AbVJYQGX (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Oct 2005 12:06:23 -0400 Received: from smtp05.auna.com ([62.81.186.15]:35327 "EHLO smtp05.retemail.es") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932193AbVJYQGX (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Oct 2005 12:06:23 -0400 In-Reply-To: <435E5720.6030105@tremplin-utc.net> References: <20051023235806.1a4df9ab@werewolf.able.es> <35fb2e590510231613u492d24c6k4d65ff3ac5ffcee6@mail.gmail.com> <20051024015710.29a02e63@werewolf.able.es> <435E5720.6030105@tremplin-utc.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v734) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <36402397-77C9-49A7-A143-2C672FC90934@able.es> Cc: jonathan@jonmasters.org, jonmasters@gmail.com, "Linux-Kernel," Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "J.A. Magallon" Subject: Re: /proc/kcore size incorrect ? (OT) Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 18:06:17 +0200 To: Eric Piel X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.734) X-Auth-Info: Auth:PLAIN IP:[83.138.210.169] Login:jamagallon@able.es Fecha:Tue, 25 Oct 2005 18:06:18 +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1173 Lines: 38 On 2005.10.25, at 18:02, Eric Piel wrote: > J.A. Magallon wrote: > : > >> It looks really silly to have a motd say "wellcome to this box, it >> has >> 2 xeons and 1022 Mb of RAM". >> > Ok, everyone seems to go with his idea on this thread so I'd like > to share mine too :-P > > If you want to know how much _physical_ memory there is on your > computer, then a good way would be too use dmidecode. The parsing > might require more work than a "du" but you will never have trouble > with rounding... > Yes, I know... If you remember, the question about 'how to guess this box mem' was under something like "BTW ...", kinda collateral. My concerns were about if the size of /proc/kcore should be what it is now, and why... -- J.A. Magallon \ Software is like sex: wolverine \ It's better when it's free MacOS X 10.4.2, Darwin Kernel Version 8.2.0 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/