Re: RESIDENT -1

On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 09:59:53 -0400, malcolm wrote: RESIDENT == 0 -- No memory segments marked as resident in the OS RESIDENT == 1 -- The 'RESIDENT' segment is marked as resident in the OS RESIDENT == -1 -- The 'RESIDENT' and initial 'VIRTUAL' segments are marked as resident in the OS. Also on HP PA-RISC the resident and initial virtual segments are merged into a single segment to reduce the number of shared memory segment handles required (due to a limit in the PS-RISC architecture). Art S. Kagel > IDS 9.30 on Linux SLES 8 > > ISA always sets RESIDENT to -1 for us on this platform. What does this > mean? I've checked the archives and can find conflicting explanations of > what RESIDENT -1 means. > > regards > > Malcolm