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kUmem(4)  —  VAX

Name

kUmem − UNIBUS/Q-bus virtual memory interface

Description

The kUmem character special file is an image of the UNIBUS/Q-bus virtual memory of the computer. It can be used, for example, to examine or patch virtual addresses mapped to UNIBUS physical space.

Byte addresses in kUmem are interpreted as virtual memory addresses. References to nonexistent locations cause errors to be returned.

Restrictions

The kUmem memory file is accessed one byte at a time.

Files

/dev/kUmem

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