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+.\" $NetBSD: mem.4,v 1.3 2003/08/07 10:31:04 agc Exp $
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 1991 The Regents of the University of California.
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
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+.\"
+.\" from: @(#)mem.4 5.3 (Berkeley) 5/2/91
+.\"
+.Dd July 28, 1995
+.Dt MEM 4 acorn32
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm mem ,
+.Nm kmem
+.Nd memory files
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The special file
+.Nm /dev/mem
+is an interface to the physical memory of the computer.
+Byte offsets in this file are interpreted as physical memory addresses.
+Reading and writing this file is equivalent to reading and writing
+memory itself.
+Only offsets within the bounds of
+.Nm /dev/mem
+are allowed.
+.Pp
+Kernel virtual memory is accessed through the interface
+.Nm /dev/kmem
+in the same manner as
+.Nm /dev/mem .
+Only kernel virtual addresses that are currently mapped to memory are allowed.
+.Pp
+On
+.Tn Acorn RiscPC, A7000(+) and RC7500 systems
+the
+.Tn I/O
+memory space (podule space and SuperIO) begins at physical address 0x03000000
+and runs to 0x033fffff.
+On the RiscPC, EASI space runs from 0x08000000 to 0x0fffffff.
+The
+per-process data
+size
+for the current process
+is
+.Dv UPAGES
+long, and starts at VM_MAXUSER_ADDRESS.
+.Sh FILES
+.Bl -tag -width Pa -compact
+.It Pa /dev/mem
+.It Pa /dev/kmem
+.El
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nm mem ,
+.Nm kmem
+files appeared in
+.At v6 .