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27.Dd June 30, 2009
28.Dt CPUCONTROL 8
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm cpucontrol
32.Nd control utility for the
33.Xr cpuctl 4
34device
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.Nm
37.Op Fl vh
38.Fl m Ar msr
39.Bk
40.Ar device
41.Ek
42.Nm
43.Op Fl vh
44.Fl m Ar msr Ns = Ns Ar value
45.Bk
46.Ar device
47.Ek
48.Nm
49.Op Fl vh
50.Fl m Ar msr Ns &= Ns Ar mask
51.Bk
52.Ar device
53.Ek
54.Nm
55.Op Fl vh
56.Fl m Ar msr Ns |= Ns Ar mask
57.Bk
58.Ar device
59.Ek
60.Nm
61.Op Fl vh
62.Fl i Ar level
63.Bk
64.Ar device
65.Ek
66.Nm
67.Op Fl vh
68.Fl i Ar level,level_type
69.Bk
70.Ar device
71.Ek
72.Nm
73.Op Fl vh
74.Op Fl d Ar datadir
75.Fl u
76.Bk
77.Ar device
78.Ek
79.Sh DESCRIPTION
80The
81.Nm
82utility can be used to read and write arbitrary machine-specific
83CPU registers via the
84.Xr cpuctl 4
85special device.
86It can also be used to apply CPU firmware updates.
87.Pp
88The following options are available:
89.Bl -tag -width indent
90.It Fl d Ar datadir
91Where to look for microcode images.
92The option can be specified multiple times.
93.It Fl m Ar msr Ns Op = Ns Ar value
94Show value of the specified MSR.
95MSR register number should be given as a hexadecimal number.
96.It Fl m Ar msr Ns = Ns Ar value
97Store the
98.Ar value
99in the specified MSR register.
100The
101.Ar value
102argument can be prefixed with ~ operator.
103In this case the inverted value of argument will be stored in the register.
104.It Fl m Ar msr Ns &= Ns Ar mask
105Store the result of bitwise AND operation between
106.Ar mask
107and the current MSR value in the MSR register.
108The
109.Ar mask
110argument can be prefixed with ~ operator.
111In this case the inverted value of mask will be used.
112.It Fl m Ar msr Ns |= Ns Ar mask
113Store the result of bitwise OR operation between
114.Ar mask
115and the current MSR value in the MSR register.
116The
117.Ar mask
118argument can be prefixed with ~ operator.
119In this case the inverted value of mask will be used.
120.It Fl i Ar level
121Retrieve CPUID info.
122Level should be given as a hex number.
123.It Fl i Ar level,level_type
124Retrieve CPUID info.
125Level and level_type should be given as hex numbers.
126.It Fl u
127Apply CPU firmware updates.
128The
129.Nm
130utility will walk through the configured data directories
131and apply all firmware updates available for this CPU.
132.It Fl v
133Increase the verbosity level.
134.It Fl h
135Show help message.
136.El
137.Sh EXIT STATUS
138.Ex -std
139.Sh EXAMPLES
140The command
141.Pp
142.Dq Li "cpucontrol -m 0x10 /dev/cpuctl0"
143.Pp
144will read the contents of TSC MSR from CPU 0.
145.Pp
146To set the CPU 0 TSC MSR register value to 0x1 issue
147.Pp
148.Dq Li "cpucontrol -m 0x10=0x1 /dev/cpuctl0" .
149.Pp
150The following command will clear the second bit of TSC register:
151.Pp
152.Dq Li "cpucontrol -m 0x10&=~0x02 /dev/cpuctl0" .
153.Pp
154The following command will set the forth and second bit of TSC register:
155.Pp
156.Dq Li "cpucontrol -m 0x10|=0x0a /dev/cpuctl0" .
157.Pp
158The command
159.Pp
160.Dq Li "cpucontrol -i 0x1 /dev/cpuctl1"
161.Pp
162will retrieve the CPUID level 0x1 from CPU 1.
163.Pp
164To perform firmware updates on CPU 0 from images located at
165.Pa /usr/local/share/cpuctl/
166use the following command:
167.Pp
168.Dq Li "cpucontrol -d /usr/local/share/cpuctl/ -u /dev/cpuctl0"
169.Sh SEE ALSO
170.Xr cpuctl 4
171.Sh HISTORY
172The
173.Nm
174utility first appeared in
175.Fx 7.2 .
176.Sh AUTHORS
177The
178.Nm
179utility and this manual page was written by
180.An Stanislav Sedov Aq Mt stas@FreeBSD.org .
181.Sh BUGS
182Yes, probably, report if any.
183