title: Getting value of PHYS_OFFSET in ARM linux user space
body: <p>I have an embedded linux system running on cortexA8.I understand the kernel symbol PHYS_OFFSET represents the physical start address of RAM  <a href="http://www.kernelport.org/defines.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.kernelport.org/defines.html</a>. I need the value of this symbol in user space for some validation purpose in some shell script that runs after kernel has booted up. The /proc filesystem doesnt have this info. Pls let me know if I can get this value by some means.</p>