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. MFC after: 1 week
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.\" @(#)kvm.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd January 29, 2004
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.Dd April 25, 2010
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.Dt KVM 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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library provides a uniform interface for accessing kernel virtual memory
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images, including live systems and crash dumps.
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Access to live systems is via
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.Xr sysctl 3
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for some functions, and
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.Xr mem 4
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and
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.Xr kmem 4
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for other functions,
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while crash dumps can be examined via the core file generated by
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.Xr savecore 8 .
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The interface behaves identically in both cases.
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The interface behaves similarly in both cases.
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Memory can be read and written, kernel symbol addresses can be
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looked up efficiently, and information about user processes can
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be gathered.
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.Xr kvm_openfiles 3 ,
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.Xr kvm_read 3 ,
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.Xr kvm_write 3 ,
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.Xr sysctl 3 ,
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.Xr kmem 4 ,
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.Xr mem 4
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