Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Mon, 20 Aug 2001 20:21:08 +0200 | | Subject | Re: Info about /dev/kmem required | | From | Frank Neuber <> |
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On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 05:57:39PM -0400, Erik Mouw wrote: > On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 07:29:08PM +0530, Milind wrote: > > I wanted some info about ' /dev/kmem ' file with respect to following > > > > 1) What this file contains? > > >From Documentation/devices.txt: > > 1 char Memory devices > 1 = /dev/mem Physical memory access > 2 = /dev/kmem Kernel virtual memory access > > > 2) Who writes into this file? > > Normally nobody does, though it can be used to patch up a running > system (in theory). > > > Reply at the earliest. > > I'm sorry, we're not a helpdesk.
I think You can use /dev/kmem as an corefile for gdb. So it is possible to debug the linux kernel (of course read only :-)).
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