[Question] Viewing and changing memory contents in Linux

[Question] Viewing and changing memory contents in Linux

[Raman S]

Hi,
  Is there an open source utility that allows viewing and modifying
memory contents dynamically while the system is running.....
   Thanks.
Raman S




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Re: [Question] Viewing and changing memory contents in Linux

[Marvin Justice]

gdb lets you do it - but only for virtual addresses in the context of a 
specific process. If you're talking about memory referenced by physical 
address then I guess you'd have to be in kernel mode.

-Marvin


On Friday 18 January 2002 10:43 pm, Raman S wrote:
> Hi,
>   Is there an open source utility that allows viewing and modifying
> memory contents dynamically while the system is running.....
>    Thanks.
> Raman S
>

Re: [Question] Viewing and changing memory contents in Linux

[Raman S]

I guess I should be using kdb... Thanks.
Raman S

>From: Marvin Justice <mjustice@austin.rr.com>
>Reply-To: mjustice@austin.rr.com
>To: "Raman S" <raman_s_@hotmail.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
>Subject: Re: [Question] Viewing and changing memory contents in Linux
>Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 00:46:30 -0600
>
>gdb lets you do it - but only for virtual addresses in the context of a
>specific process. If you're talking about memory referenced by physical
>address then I guess you'd have to be in kernel mode.
>
>-Marvin
>
>
>On Friday 18 January 2002 10:43 pm, Raman S wrote:
> > Hi,
> >   Is there an open source utility that allows viewing and modifying
> > memory contents dynamically while the system is running.....
> >    Thanks.
> > Raman S
> >
>
>-
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