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25.\" $FreeBSD$
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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
94Show value of the specified MSR.
95MSR register number should be given as a hexadecimal number.
96The high word is printed first, then the low word is printed second.
97.It Fl m Ar msr Ns = Ns Ar value
98Store the
99.Ar value
100in the specified MSR register.
101The
102.Ar value
103argument can be prefixed with ~ operator.
104In this case the inverted value of argument will be stored in the register.
105.It Fl m Ar msr Ns &= Ns Ar mask
106Store the result of bitwise AND operation between
107.Ar mask
108and the current MSR value in the MSR register.
109The
110.Ar mask
111argument can be prefixed with ~ operator.
112In this case the inverted value of mask will be used.
113.It Fl m Ar msr Ns |= Ns Ar mask
114Store the result of bitwise OR operation between
115.Ar mask
116and the current MSR value in the MSR register.
117The
118.Ar mask
119argument can be prefixed with ~ operator.
120In this case the inverted value of mask will be used.
121.It Fl i Ar level
122Retrieve CPUID info.
123Level should be given as a hex number.
124.It Fl i Ar level,level_type
125Retrieve CPUID info.
126Level and level_type should be given as hex numbers.
127.It Fl u
128Apply CPU firmware updates.
129The
130.Nm
131utility will walk through the configured data directories
132and apply all firmware updates available for this CPU.
133.It Fl v
134Increase the verbosity level.
135.It Fl h
136Show help message.
137.El
138.Sh EXIT STATUS
139.Ex -std
140.Sh EXAMPLES
141The command
142.Pp
143.Dq Li "cpucontrol -m 0x10 /dev/cpuctl0"
144.Pp
145will read the contents of TSC MSR from CPU 0.
146.Pp
147To set the CPU 0 TSC MSR register value to 0x1 issue
148.Pp
149.Dq Li "cpucontrol -m 0x10=0x1 /dev/cpuctl0" .
150.Pp
151The following command will clear the second bit of TSC register:
152.Pp
153.Dq Li "cpucontrol -m 0x10&=~0x02 /dev/cpuctl0" .
154.Pp
155The following command will set the forth and second bit of TSC register:
156.Pp
157.Dq Li "cpucontrol -m 0x10|=0x0a /dev/cpuctl0" .
158.Pp
159The command
160.Pp
161.Dq Li "cpucontrol -i 0x1 /dev/cpuctl1"
162.Pp
163will retrieve the CPUID level 0x1 from CPU 1.
164.Pp
165To perform firmware updates on CPU 0 from images located at
166.Pa /usr/local/share/cpuctl/
167use the following command:
168.Pp
169.Dq Li "cpucontrol -d /usr/local/share/cpuctl/ -u /dev/cpuctl0"
170.Sh SEE ALSO
171.Xr cpuctl 4
172.Sh HISTORY
173The
174.Nm
175utility first appeared in
176.Fx 7.2 .
177.Sh AUTHORS
178The
179.Nm
180utility and this manual page was written by
181.An Stanislav Sedov Aq Mt stas@FreeBSD.org .
182.Sh BUGS
183Yes, probably, report if any.
184