reporting wrong memory info in 2.2.x

System Administrator (admin@intergrafix.net)
Thu, 18 Mar 1999 11:52:48 -0500 (EST)


just booted kernel 2.2.3 SMP. run "free" and I get this:
[root@cygnus admin]# free
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 257940 254908 3032 460008 108192 23952
-/+ buffers/cache: 122764 135176
Swap: 40156 0 40156

the "shared" column being what's wrong with this picture.
top reports the same thing.
happens in 2.2.2 and 2.2.1 also.

running procinfo 16, procps v1.2.9 (even though ps --version says 1.2.7)
gcc 2.7.2.1, libc 5.4.38

Any help is appreciated.

-Cygnus
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Anthony J. Biacco Network Administrator/Engineer
admin@intergrafix.net Intergrafix Internet Services

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