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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man4/man4.acorn32/mem.4 b/static/netbsd/man4/man4.acorn32/mem.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..74d5da7b --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man4/man4.acorn32/mem.4 @@ -0,0 +1,80 @@ +.\" $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. +.\" +.\" 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. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``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 REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS 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. +.\" +.\" 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 . |
