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1 perry 1 MEM
2 !!!MEM
3 NAME
4 DESCRIPTION
5 FILES
6 SEE ALSO
7 ----
8 !!NAME
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11 mem, kmem, port - system memory, kernel memory and system ports
12 !!DESCRIPTION
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15 __Mem__ is a character device file that is an image of
16 the main memory of the computer. It may be used, for
17 example, to examine (and even patch) the
18 system.
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21 Byte addresses in mem are interpreted as physical memory
22 addresses. References to non-existent locations cause errors
23 to be returned.
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26 Examining and patching is likely to lead to unexpected
27 results when read-only or write-only bits are
28 present.
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31 It is typically created by:
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34 mknod -m 660 /dev/mem c 1 1
35 chown root:kmem /dev/mem
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38 The file kmem is the same as mem, except that the kernel
39 virtual memory rather than physical memory is
40 accessed.
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43 It is typically created by:
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46 mknod -m 640 /dev/kmem c 1 2
47 chown root:kmem /dev/kmem
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50 __Port__ is similar to mem, but the IO ports are
51 accessed.
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54 It is typically created by:
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57 mknod -m 660 /dev/port c 1 4
58 chown root:mem /dev/port
59 !!FILES
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62 ''/dev/mem
63 /dev/kmem
64 /dev/port''
65 !!SEE ALSO
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68 chown(1), mknod(1),
69 ioperm(2)
70 ----
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