showing total/free memory

[Rowdy]

Chris Pressey wrote:

> Well, I'm not sure if it works on 5.x, but you could try
> 
>   /usr/ports/sysutils/muse
> 
> Should be easier to parse than the other options.
> 
> -Chris

Works fine under 5.1 - thanx Chris.

However the output is a little confusing, /var/run/dmesg.boot shows this:

real memory  = 134217728 (128 MB)

however muse shows this:

Active:     42393600 Bytes
Inactive:    2424832 Bytes
Wired:      37715968 Bytes
Reserved:     499712 Bytes
Cache:             0 Bytes
Buffer:     23166976 Bytes

Total:     127639552 Bytes
Free:       43548672 Bytes

where the total works out to 121.7M.

What might be the reason for this discrepancy?

Dave