Re: 10.99 GENERIC memory usage (was RE: Clock Error)
Johnny Billquist <[email protected]>
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On 2023-12-20 03:16, Josh Moyer wrote:
>> Ken Wellsch wrote:
>> 3547476+184588 [250288+237102]=0x406650
>> ...
>> [ 1.0000000] NetBSD 10.99.10 (GENERIC) #1: Mon Dec 11 09:17:31 EST 2023
>> [ 1.0000000] netbsd@z440d:/home/netbsd/obj/sys/arch/vax/compile/GENERIC
>> [ 1.0000000] VAXstation 4000/60
>> [ 1.0000000] total memory = 73312 KB
>> [ 1.0000000] avail memory = 66272 KB
>> ...
>> [ 1.0000000] lcg0 at vsbus0 csr 0x21801000 vec 440 ipl 15 maskbit 2
>> [ 1.0000000] lcg0: framebuffer size 1280x1024, depth 8 (magic 0x90)
>> [ 1.0000000] lcg0: using font QVSS (8x15), console size: 160x68
>> ...
>
> That seems like a lot of memory for GENERIC. 73MB - 66MB = 7-ish MB. I squeezed my 10.0_RC1 kernel down to about 3.5MB used at runtime, I think, but that only saved about 1MB. Does that lcg0 have dedicated memory?
The generic kernel is using about 7MB, yes. I don't know/remember what
bits are using up memory. Of course, if you strip things down, you'll be
able to shrink the memory requirements.
Johnny
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