Author: jilles Date: Sun May 2 13:53:08 2010 New Revision: 207510 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/207510
Log: MFC r207187: kvm(3): Mention that some of the functions use sysctl(3) instead of kmem. Additionally, because of sysctl(3) use (which is generally good), behaviour for crash dumps differs slightly from behaviour for live kernels and this will probably never be fixed entirely, so weaken that claim. Modified: stable/7/lib/libkvm/kvm.3 Directory Properties: stable/7/lib/libkvm/ (props changed) Modified: stable/7/lib/libkvm/kvm.3 ============================================================================== --- stable/7/lib/libkvm/kvm.3 Sun May 2 13:38:08 2010 (r207509) +++ stable/7/lib/libkvm/kvm.3 Sun May 2 13:53:08 2010 (r207510) @@ -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 _______________________________________________ svn-src-all@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-all-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"