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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libkvm/kvm.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libkvm/kvm.3 | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libkvm/kvm.3 b/lib/libkvm/kvm.3 index f694fd8..9dcd772 100644 --- a/lib/libkvm/kvm.3 +++ b/lib/libkvm/kvm.3 @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ .\" @(#)kvm.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd January 29, 2004 +.Dd April 25, 2010 .Dt KVM 3 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -46,12 +46,15 @@ The library provides a uniform interface for accessing kernel virtual memory images, including live systems and crash dumps. Access to live systems is via +.Xr sysctl 3 +for some functions, and .Xr mem 4 and .Xr kmem 4 +for other functions, while crash dumps can be examined via the core file generated by .Xr savecore 8 . -The interface behaves identically in both cases. +The interface behaves similarly in both cases. Memory can be read and written, kernel symbol addresses can be looked up efficiently, and information about user processes can be gathered. @@ -112,5 +115,6 @@ given descriptor. .Xr kvm_openfiles 3 , .Xr kvm_read 3 , .Xr kvm_write 3 , +.Xr sysctl 3 , .Xr kmem 4 , .Xr mem 4 |
