bootchart problem

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On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 11:12, R Kimber <richardkimber at btinternet.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 9 Dec 2010 09:20:11 -0500
> Tom H wrote:
>
>> If you really can't delete it as root, rebooting should rebuild "/dev"
>> without it.
>
> Thanks.  I'll try that at a convenient moment.
>

FYI, /proc/kcore is the /proc representation of the entire running
kernel in memory...

bladernr at Harlock:~/development/testsprint-checkbox-cert-sru-changes/jobs$
ls -l /proc/kcore
-r-------- 1 root root 140737486266368 2010-12-09 12:43 /proc/kcore
bladernr at Harlock:~/development/testsprint-checkbox-cert-sru-changes/jobs$
ls -lh /proc/kcore
-r-------- 1 root root 128T 2010-12-09 12:43 /proc/kcore

Pretty big, eh?

The size is the theoretical memory size available, not a realistic
view of how much memory is being used.  the VAST majority of that
reported file size is virtual, not actual paged memory.

also, the things in /proc and /dev don't actually exist physically...
they are just representations of hardware (/dev) or processes (/proc)
on your system and give you (and programs) a way to access them.