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32 .\" from: @(#)mem.4 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
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45 is an interface to the physical memory of the computer.
46 Byte offsets in this file are interpreted as physical memory addresses.
47 Reading and writing this file is equivalent to reading and writing
49 An error will be returned if an attempt is made to reference
53 Kernel virtual memory is accessed via the file
57 Only kernel virtual addresses that are currently mapped to memory are allowed.
61 physical memory may be discontiguous;
62 kernel virtual memory begins at
65 .Bl -tag -width /dev/kmem -compact