svn commit: r207501 - stable/8/lib/libkvm

[Jilles Tjoelker]

Author: jilles
Date: Sun May  2 12:38:59 2010
New Revision: 207501
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/207501

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/8/lib/libkvm/kvm.3
Directory Properties:
  stable/8/lib/libkvm/   (props changed)

Modified: stable/8/lib/libkvm/kvm.3
==============================================================================
--- stable/8/lib/libkvm/kvm.3	Sun May  2 12:08:15 2010	(r207500)
+++ stable/8/lib/libkvm/kvm.3	Sun May  2 12:38:59 2010	(r207501)
@@ -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