activity moniter

[mms]

When looking at the System Memory usage in the Activity Montiter, I noticed 30 something MB marked as "wired". What does that mean?

[abhishekit]

wired memory is mostly kept for kernel usage..it can not be paged out..
cheers

[Counterfit]

Oooohh, so THAT's what it is! I learn something everyday. Maybe I've fulfilled my quota and I can skip class today :D