Almost 50% less free memory in joyride-2302 compared with Update.1 (708)

[Marco Pesenti Gritti]

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 1:47 PM, James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org> wrote:
> I've 703 and 2311 available to compare.  Here's a few things I found.
>
> --
>
> A test to compare available memory by eliminating buffer cache.
>
> Method: boot, wait for UI to be stable, switch to text console, echo 3 >
> /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches, run free(1) and note the "free" column, repeat
> a few times.
>
> Result: build 703 has 123528 pages free, build 2311 has 93716 pages
> free.

Which row are you looking at here? In -/+ buffers/cache I get 130368.
This is joyride-2328.

ps_mem gives me your same output, except for cerebro.

Marco