On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 08:43:26AM -0400, Steve Bertrand wrote: > Hi all, > > 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 -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725)
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