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diff --git a/share/man/man4/man4.cats/mem.4 b/share/man/man4/man4.cats/mem.4 deleted file mode 100644 index d82ca225fc1..00000000000 --- a/share/man/man4/man4.cats/mem.4 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,75 +0,0 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: mem.4,v 1.3 2007/05/31 19:19:54 jmc 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 $Mdocdate: May 31 2007 $ -.Dt MEM 4 cats -.Os -.Sh NAME -.Nm mem , -.Nm kmem -.Nd memory files -.Sh DESCRIPTION -The special file -.Pa /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 -.Pa /dev/mem -are allowed. -.Pp -Kernel virtual memory is accessed through the interface -.Pa /dev/kmem -in the same manner as -.Pa /dev/mem . -Only kernel virtual addresses that are currently mapped to memory are allowed. -.Pp -On cats, physical memory is contiguous. -The kernel virtual memory begins at address -.Li 0xf0000000 . -.Pp -Writeability of these devices is controlled by the system -.Xr securelevel 7 . -.Sh FILES -.Bl -tag -width Pa -compact -.It Pa /dev/mem -.It Pa /dev/kmem -.El -.Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr securelevel 7 -.Sh HISTORY -The -.Pa /dev/mem -and -.Pa /dev/kmem -files appeared in -.At v6 . |