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+.\" $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.
+.\"
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+.\"
+.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.