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authorIan Moffett <ian@osmora.org>2024-01-12 20:09:46 -0500
committerIan Moffett <ian@osmora.org>2024-01-12 20:09:46 -0500
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docs: man: Add pmap(9) page
Signed-off-by: Ian Moffett <ian@osmora.org>
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
The Hyra virtual memory subsystem handles various aspects of
virtual memory like memory mapping, keeping track of the virtual
-memory context per core, etc.
+memory context per core, etc. It is split up into two layers, the
+machine independent layer (that this manpage describes), and the
+machine dependent layer called the pmap layer.
The term `kernel physical address' will be used to describe physical
addresses that are mapped to the higher half.
@@ -62,3 +64,4 @@ physical address.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr dynalloc 9
+.Xr pmap 9