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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 15:32:58 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 15:32:58 -0400 |
| commit | 5cb84ec742fd33f78c8022863fadaa8d0d93e176 (patch) | |
| tree | 1a81ca3665e6153923e40db7b0d988f8573ab59c /static/netbsd/man4/man4.hppa/mem.4 | |
| parent | a59214f344567c037d5776879bcfc5fcc1d4d5f6 (diff) | |
feat: Added NetBSD man pages
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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man4/man4.hppa/mem.4 b/static/netbsd/man4/man4.hppa/mem.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..edb4621e --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man4/man4.hppa/mem.4 @@ -0,0 +1,84 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: mem.4,v 1.2 2017/02/17 22:24:46 christos Exp $ +.\" +.\" $OpenBSD: mem.4,v 1.1 2004/03/17 00:42:43 miod Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2004, Miodrag Vallat. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED +.\" WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE +.\" DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, +.\" INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES +.\" (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR +.\" SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, +.\" STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN +.\" ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE +.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd February 17, 2017 +.Dt MEM 4 hppa +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm mem , +.Nm kmem +.Nd memory files and memory controller +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "mem* at mainbus0" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver controls and restricts access to the systems memory +by the hardware buses and the processor. +.Pp +It also provides an interface to userland through the special files +.Pa /dev/mem +and +.Pa /dev/kmem . +Physical memory is accessed through +.Pa /dev/mem , +while kernel virtual memory is accessed through +.Pa /dev/kmem . +Access to kernel virtual addresses not currently mapped to memory will fail. +On hppa, the physical memory range is always contiguous and starts at +address 0; kernel virtual memory begins at address 0 as well. +.Pp +The writeability of the +.Pa /dev/mem +and +.Pa /dev/kmem +special files are controlled by the system securelevel in addition to the +filesystem permissions. +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /dev/kmem -compact +.It Pa /dev/mem +.It Pa /dev/kmem +.El +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +driver originates from +.Ox . +It was ported to +.Nx 1.6 +by Matthew Fredette. +.Sh BUGS +On some systems featuring a +.Dq Viper +memory controller, +.Nx +may not configure bus arbitration correctly, causing the boot process +to freeze during either +.Nm +or +.Xr hppa/cpu 4 +device probe. |
