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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE .\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL .\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS .\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) .\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .Dd June 20, 2014 .Dt CPUCTL 4 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm cpuctl .Nd cpuctl pseudo device .Sh SYNOPSIS To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file: .Bd -ragged -offset indent .Cd "device cpuctl" .Ed .Pp Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following in .Xr loader.conf 5 : .Bd -literal -offset indent cpuctl_load="YES" .Ed .Sh DESCRIPTION The special device .Pa /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. .Pp For each CPU present in the system, the special device .Pa /dev/cpuctl%d with the appropriate index will be created. For multicore CPUs such a special device will be created for each core. .Pp Currently, only i386 and amd64 processors are supported. .Sh IOCTL INTERFACE All of the supported operations are invoked using the .Xr ioctl 2 system call. Currently, the following ioctls are defined: .Bl -tag -width CPUCTL_CPUID_COUNT .It Dv CPUCTL_RDMSR Fa cpuctl_msr_args_t *args .It Dv CPUCTL_WRMSR Fa cpuctl_msr_args_t *args Read/write CPU machine specific register. The .Vt cpuctl_msr_args_t structure is defined in .In sys/cpuctl.h as: .Bd -literal typedef struct { int msr; /* MSR to read */ uint64_t data; } cpuctl_msr_args_t; .Ed .It Dv CPUCTL_MSRSBIT Fa cpuctl_msr_args_t *args .It Dv CPUCTL_MSRCBIT Fa cpuctl_msr_args_t *args Set/clear MSR bits according to the mask given in the .Va data field. .It Dv CPUCTL_CPUID Fa cpuctl_cpuid_args_t *args Retrieve CPUID information. Arguments are supplied in the following structure: .Bd -literal typedef struct { int level; /* CPUID level */ uint32_t data[4]; } cpuctl_cpuid_args_t; .Ed It is equivalent to the .Dv CPUCTL_CPUID_COUNT request with .Va level_type set to 0. .It Dv CPUCTL_CPUID_COUNT Fa cpuctl_cpuid_count_args_t *args Retrieve CPUID information. Arguments are supplied in the following structure: .Bd -literal typedef struct { int level; /* CPUID level */ int level_type; /* CPUID level type */ uint32_t data[4]; } cpuctl_cpuid_count_args_t; .Ed The .Va level field indicates the CPUID level to retrieve, it is loaded into the .Va %eax register before the CPUID instruction is executed, The .Va level_type field indicates the CPUID level type to retrieve, it is loaded into the .Va %ecx register. .Pp The .Va data field is used to store the received CPUID data. That is, .Va data[0] contains the value of .Va %eax register after the CPUID instruction is executed, .Va data[1] is for .Va %ebx , .Va data[2] for .Va %ecx , and .Va data[3] for .Va %edx . .It Dv CPUCTL_UPDATE cpuctl_update_args_t *args Update CPU firmware (microcode). The structure is defined in .In sys/cpuctl.h as: .Bd -literal typedef struct { void *data; size_t size; } cpuctl_update_args_t; .Ed .Pp The .Va data field should point to the firmware image of size .Va size . .El .Pp For additional information refer to .Pa cpuctl.h . .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /dev/cpuctl -compact .It Pa /dev/cpuctl .El .Sh ERRORS .Bl -tag -width Er .It Bq Er ENXIO The operation requested is not supported by the device (e.g., unsupported architecture or the CPU is disabled). .It Bq Er EINVAL Incorrect request was supplied, or microcode image is not correct. .It Bq Er ENOMEM No physical memory was available to complete the request. .It Bq Er EFAULT The firmware image address points outside the process address space. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr hwpmc 4 , .Xr cpucontrol 8 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm driver first appeared in .Fx 7.2 . .Sh AUTHORS The .Nm module and this manual page were written by .An Stanislav Sedov Aq Mt stas@FreeBSD.org . .Sh BUGS Yes, probably, report if any.