/dev/mem and /dev/kmem

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Hello
    What exactly is the difference between /dev/mem and /dev/kmem. While
looking at the source code in char/mem.c I noticed that the mmap function
for both are the same.  I believe that /dev/mem is the actual physical
memory mapping. What is /dev/kmem used for?

Thanks

S
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