> I believe rootkit detectors, as well as some versions of ps (wchan > field) use kmem. ps doesn't use kmem, and besides, in 2.6 we export that directly in proc. poking in /dev/mem or /dev/kmem is NOT something you "just do". THere are lots of pitfalls, things like PCI space, memory sizes/holes, cachability aliases etc etc that can ruin your breakfast if you use /dev/[k]mem... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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