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Date:      Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:20:19 +0200
From:      Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl>
To:        Steve Bertrand <steve@ibctech.ca>
Cc:        "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Questions -" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Reading raw memory
Message-ID:  <20090828162019.GA97064@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
In-Reply-To: <4A97D0EE.4070304@ibctech.ca>
References:  <4A97D0EE.4070304@ibctech.ca>

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On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 08:43:26AM -0400, Steve Bertrand wrote:
> Hi all,
>=20
> I'm wondering if FreeBSD allows direct access to memory.

Yes, via /dev/(k)mem. Byte offsets in /dev/mem are interpreted as physical
memory adresses. See mem(4). Mind you that only root has access to this
device be default. Giving others even read access is a security problem.

Roland
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R.F.Smith                                   http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/
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