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- From: root@admin.mport.COM (admin)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
- Subject: Re: What is /dev/pmem?
- Message-ID: <1263@admin.mport.COM>
- Date: 8 Sep 92 21:42:19 GMT
- References: <1992Aug31.152303.20833@cbnewsj.cb.att.com> <1992Sep2.193151.16817@cti-software.nl>
- Organization: Microport Inc., Scotts Valley, CA 95066 US of A
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- pim@cti-software.nl (Pim Zandbergen) writes:
- >dwex@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (david.e.wexelblat) writes:
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- >>On my SVR4 box (Microport), in addition to the standard /dev/mem and
- >>/dev/kmem, there is a /dev/pmem. All three have different minor mumbers
- >>(same major number, so /dev/pmem is obviously related to the other two).
- >>The manual page for /dev/mem and /dev/kmem has no mention of /dev/pmem.
- >>Can anyone enlighten me on what this is?
- >I've asked the same question a couple of months ago, because
- >there's also a /dev/pmem in Interactive's SVR3.2.
-
- >I had zero response then, I wonder if there will be any now.
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-
- Now we will tell you what it is - sorry that you slipped
- through the cracks.
-
- /dev/pmem is a means of accessing the physical memory - it
- is analogous to /dev/kmem which is used to access
- kernel virtual memory.
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