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- .th MEM IV 5/27/74
- .sh NAME
- mem, kmem, null \*- core memory
- .sh DESCRIPTION
- .it Mem
- is a special file that is an image of the core memory
- of the computer.
- It may be used, for example, to examine,
- and even to patch the system using the debugger.
- .s3
- A memory address is
- an 18-bit quantity which
- is used directly as a UNIBUS address.
- References to non-existent locations cause errors to be returned.
- .s3
- Examining and patching device registers is likely
- to lead to unexpected results when read-only or write-only
- bits are present.
- .s3
- The file
- .it kmem
- is the same as
- .it mem
- except that kernel virtual memory
- rather than physical memory is accessed.
- In particular, the I/O area
- of
- .it kmem
- is located beginning at 160000 (octal)
- rather than at 760000.
- The 1K region beginning at 140000 (octal)
- is the system's data for the current process.
- .s3
- The file
- .it null
- returns end-of-file
- on
- .it read
- and ignores
- .it write.
- .sh FILES
- /dev/mem,
- /dev/kmem,
- /dev/null
-