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From: dshr@SUN.COM (David Rosenthal)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: xperfmon on SUN 4 under 4.0 OS
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Date: 4 May 89 19:58:00 GMT
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> 	P.S. I asked SUN about how to find out from a user level application
> 	running on SUNOS 4.X, how much physical memory is installed. 
> 	They couldn't imagine why anyone would ever want to know. I guess 
> 	virtual memory has caused some people to have under-active
> 	imaginations :-)
> 
Use the Force,  Luke!

We try:

devnull% nm -g /vmunix | grep mem
......
0f08609c B _maxmem	# Hmmm!!
......
0f080cb6 D _physmem	# Sounds interesting!

Devnull runs a slightly souped-up version of 4.0,  so your
results may vary,  but I can't remember inventing these
variables.

	David.