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34 .Nd memory files and memory controller
36 .Cd "mem* at mainbus0"
40 driver controls and restricts access to the systems memory
41 by the hardware buses and the processor.
43 It also provides an interface to userland through the special files
47 Physical memory is accessed through
49 while kernel virtual memory is accessed through
51 Access to kernel virtual addresses not currently mapped to memory will fail.
52 On hp700, the physical memory range is always contiguous and starts at
53 address 0; kernel virtual memory begins at address 0 as well.
55 The writeability of the
59 special files are controlled by the system securelevel in addition to the
60 filesystem permissions.
62 .Bl -tag -width /dev/kmem -compact
69 driver originates from
75 On some systems featuring a
79 may not configure bus arbitration correctly, causing the boot process
80 to freeze during either