cpuctl(4) [debian man page]
CPUCTL(4) BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual CPUCTL(4) NAME
cpuctl -- cpuctl pseudo device SYNOPSIS
To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file: device cpuctl Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following in loader.conf(5): cpuctl_load="YES" DESCRIPTION
The special device /dev/cpuctl presents interface to the system CPU. It provides functionality to retrieve CPUID information, read/write machine specific registers (MSR) and perform CPU firmware updates. For each CPU present in the system, the special device /dev/cpuctl%d with the appropriate index will be created. For multicore CPUs such a special device will be created for each core. Currently, only i386 and amd64 processors are supported. IOCTL INTERFACE
All of the supported operations are invoked using the ioctl(2) system call. Currently, the following ioctls are defined: CPUCTL_RDMSR cpuctl_msr_args_t *args CPUCTL_WRMSR cpuctl_msr_args_t *args Read/write CPU machine specific register. The cpuctl_msr_args_t structure is defined in <sys/cpuctl.h> as: typedef struct { int msr; /* MSR to read */ uint64_t data; } cpuctl_msr_args_t; CPUCTL_MSRSBIT cpuctl_msr_args_t *args CPUCTL_MSRCBIT cpuctl_msr_args_t *args Set/clear MSR bits according to the mask given in the data field. CPUCTL_CPUID cpuctl_cpuid_args_t *args Retrieve CPUID information. Arguments are supplied in the following struct: typedef struct { int level; /* CPUID level */ uint32_t data[4]; } cpuctl_cpuid_args_t; The level field indicates the CPUID level to retrieve information for, while the data field is used to store the received CPUID data. CPUCTL_UPDATE cpuctl_update_args_t *args Update CPU firmware (microcode). The structure is defined in <sys/cpuctl.h> as: typedef struct { void *data; size_t size; } cpuctl_update_args_t; The data field should point to the firmware image of size size. For additional information refer to cpuctl.h. RETURN VALUES
[ENXIO] The operation requested is not supported by the device (e.g. unsupported architecture or the CPU is disabled) [EINVAL] Incorrect request was supplied, or microcode image is not correct. [ENOMEM] No physical memory was available to complete the request. [EFAULT] The firmware image address points outside the process address space. FILES
/dev/cpuctl SEE ALSO
hwpmc(4), cpucontrol(8) HISTORY
The cpuctl driver first appeared in FreeBSD 7.2. BUGS
Yes, probably, report if any. AUTHORS
The cpuctl module and this manual page were written by Stanislav Sedov <stas@FreeBSD.org>. BSD
June 30, 2009 BSD
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CPUCTL(4) BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual CPUCTL(4) NAME
cpuctl -- cpuctl pseudo device SYNOPSIS
To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file: device cpuctl Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following in loader.conf(5): cpuctl_load="YES" DESCRIPTION
The special device /dev/cpuctl presents interface to the system CPU. It provides functionality to retrieve CPUID information, read/write machine specific registers (MSR) and perform CPU firmware updates. For each CPU present in the system, the special device /dev/cpuctl%d with the appropriate index will be created. For multicore CPUs such a special device will be created for each core. Currently, only i386 and amd64 processors are supported. IOCTL INTERFACE
All of the supported operations are invoked using the ioctl(2) system call. Currently, the following ioctls are defined: CPUCTL_RDMSR cpuctl_msr_args_t *args CPUCTL_WRMSR cpuctl_msr_args_t *args Read/write CPU machine specific register. The cpuctl_msr_args_t structure is defined in <sys/cpuctl.h> as: typedef struct { int msr; /* MSR to read */ uint64_t data; } cpuctl_msr_args_t; CPUCTL_MSRSBIT cpuctl_msr_args_t *args CPUCTL_MSRCBIT cpuctl_msr_args_t *args Set/clear MSR bits according to the mask given in the data field. CPUCTL_CPUID cpuctl_cpuid_args_t *args Retrieve CPUID information. Arguments are supplied in the following structure: typedef struct { int level; /* CPUID level */ uint32_t data[4]; } cpuctl_cpuid_args_t; It is equivalent to the CPUCTL_CPUID_COUNT request with level_type set to 0. CPUCTL_CPUID_COUNT cpuctl_cpuid_count_args_t *args Retrieve CPUID information. Arguments are supplied in the following structure: typedef struct { int level; /* CPUID level */ int level_type; /* CPUID level type */ uint32_t data[4]; } cpuctl_cpuid_count_args_t; The level field indicates the CPUID level to retrieve, it is loaded into the %eax register before the CPUID instruction is executed, The level_type field indicates the CPUID level type to retrieve, it is loaded into the %ecx register. The data field is used to store the received CPUID data. That is, data[0] contains the value of %eax register after the CPUID instruction is executed, data[1] is for %ebx, data[2] for %ecx, and data[3] for %edx. CPUCTL_UPDATE cpuctl_update_args_t *args Update CPU firmware (microcode). The structure is defined in <sys/cpuctl.h> as: typedef struct { void *data; size_t size; } cpuctl_update_args_t; The data field should point to the firmware image of size size. For additional information refer to cpuctl.h. RETURN VALUES
[ENXIO] The operation requested is not supported by the device (e.g., unsupported architecture or the CPU is disabled). [EINVAL] Incorrect request was supplied, or microcode image is not correct. [ENOMEM] No physical memory was available to complete the request. [EFAULT] The firmware image address points outside the process address space. FILES
/dev/cpuctl SEE ALSO
hwpmc(4), cpucontrol(8) HISTORY
The cpuctl driver first appeared in FreeBSD 7.2. AUTHORS
The cpuctl module and this manual page were written by Stanislav Sedov <stas@FreeBSD.org>. BUGS
Yes, probably, report if any. BSD
June 20, 2014 BSD