This change consists of two parts:
- allow libkvm to recognize /dev/vmm/* character devices as devices that
provide access to the physical memory of a system (similarly to /dev/fwmem*)
- allow libkvm to recognize that /dev/vmm/* and /dev/fwmem* devices provide
access to the physical memory of live remote systems and, thus, the memory
is writable
As a result, it should be possible to run commands like
$ kgdb -w /path/to/kernel /dev/fwmem0.0
$ kgdb /path/to/kernel /dev/vmm/guest
Reviewed by: kib, jhb
MFC after: 2 weeks
Relnotes: yes
Sponsored by: Panzura
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D8679
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