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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libkvm/kvm.3 | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libkvm/kvm_dump.3 | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/options.4 | 6 |
3 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libkvm/kvm.3 b/lib/libkvm/kvm.3 index c834906f705..931aa317fa8 100644 --- a/lib/libkvm/kvm.3 +++ b/lib/libkvm/kvm.3 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: kvm.3,v 1.3 2000/03/04 15:29:56 aaron Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: kvm.3,v 1.4 2003/05/16 08:55:04 jmc Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: kvm.3,v 1.2 1996/03/18 22:33:11 thorpej Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1992, 1993 @@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ The .Xr kvm 3 library provides a uniform interface for accessing kernel virtual memory -images, including live systems and crashdumps. +images, including live systems and crash dumps. Access to live systems is via .Pa /dev/mem -while crashdumps can be examined via the core file generated by +while crash dumps can be examined via the core file generated by .Xr savecore 8 . The interface behaves identically in both cases. Memory can be read and written, kernel symbol addresses can be diff --git a/lib/libkvm/kvm_dump.3 b/lib/libkvm/kvm_dump.3 index 9826bea5a95..c9b3bf4f705 100644 --- a/lib/libkvm/kvm_dump.3 +++ b/lib/libkvm/kvm_dump.3 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: kvm_dump.3,v 1.6 2001/08/06 10:42:26 mpech Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: kvm_dump.3,v 1.7 2003/05/16 08:55:04 jmc Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: kvm_dump.3,v 1.1 1996/03/18 21:11:12 leo Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1996 Leo Weppelman @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ .Nm kvm_dump_mkheader , .Nm kvm_dump_wrtheader , .Nm kvm_dump_inval -.Nd crash-dump support functions +.Nd crash dump support functions .Sh SYNOPSIS .Fd #include <kvm.h> .Ft int @@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ The function .Fn kvm_dump_mkheader checks if the physical memory file associated with .Fa kd -contains a valid crash-dump header as generated by a dumping kernel. +contains a valid crash dump header as generated by a dumping kernel. When a valid header is found, .Fn kvm_dump_mkheader -initializes the internal kvm data structures as if a crash-dump generated by +initializes the internal kvm data structures as if a crash dump generated by the .Xr savecore 8 program was opened. diff --git a/share/man/man4/options.4 b/share/man/man4/options.4 index fd74319e986..26b2b741258 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/options.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/options.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: options.4,v 1.124 2003/05/14 22:55:06 tedu Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: options.4,v 1.125 2003/05/16 08:55:04 jmc Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: options.4,v 1.21 1997/06/25 03:13:00 thorpej Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1998 Theo de Raadt @@ -222,12 +222,12 @@ flag causes to be built in addition to .Pa bsd . .Pa bsd.gdb -is useful for debugging kernels and their crashdumps with gdb. +is useful for debugging kernels and their crash dumps with gdb. Note that .Xr gdb 1 Ns 's .Fl k flag is obsolete and should not be used. -Instead, a crashdump can be debugged by starting +Instead, a crash dump can be debugged by starting .Xr gdb 1 with the kernel name as an argument (no core file) and then use the .Xr gdb 1 |