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27.Dd January 5, 2018
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.Bk
37.Nm
38.Op Fl v
39.Fl m Ar msr
40.Ar device
41.Ek
42.Bk
43.Nm
44.Op Fl v
45.Fl m Ar msr Ns = Ns Ar value
46.Ar device
47.Ek
48.Bk
49.Nm
50.Op Fl v
51.Fl m Ar msr Ns &= Ns Ar mask
52.Ar device
53.Ek
54.Bk
55.Nm
56.Op Fl v
57.Fl m Ar msr Ns |= Ns Ar mask
58.Ar device
59.Ek
60.Bk
61.Nm
62.Op Fl v
63.Fl i Ar level
64.Ar device
65.Ek
66.Bk
67.Nm
68.Op Fl v
69.Fl i Ar level,level_type
70.Ar device
71.Ek
72.Bk
73.Nm
74.Op Fl vn
75.Op Fl d Ar datadir
76.Fl u
77.Ar device
78.Ek
79.Bk
80.Nm
81.Fl e
82.Ar device
83.Ek
84.Sh DESCRIPTION
85The
86.Nm
87utility can be used to read and write arbitrary machine-specific
88CPU registers via the
89.Xr cpuctl 4
90special device.
91It can also be used to apply CPU firmware updates.
92.Pp
93The following options are available:
94.Bl -tag -width indent
95.It Fl d Ar datadir
96Directory paths where to look for microcode images.
97The option can be specified multiple times.
98The paths are added in order of the options appearance on the command
99line, default directories are appended after the user-supplied paths.
100.It Fl n
101Do not look for the microcode images in the standard directories.
102Currently standard directory to look for the microcode update files is
103.Pa /usr/local/share/cpucontrol .
104.It Fl m Ar msr
105Show value of the specified MSR.
106MSR register number should be given as a hexadecimal number.
107The high word is printed first, then the low word is printed second.
108.It Fl m Ar msr Ns = Ns Ar value
109Store the
110.Ar value
111in the specified MSR register.
112The
113.Ar value
114argument can be prefixed with ~ operator.
115In this case the inverted value of argument will be stored in the register.
116.It Fl m Ar msr Ns &= Ns Ar mask
117Store the result of bitwise AND operation between
118.Ar mask
119and the current MSR value in the MSR register.
120The
121.Ar mask
122argument can be prefixed with ~ operator.
123In this case the inverted value of mask will be used.
124.It Fl m Ar msr Ns |= Ns Ar mask
125Store the result of bitwise OR operation between
126.Ar mask
127and the current MSR value in the MSR register.
128The
129.Ar mask
130argument can be prefixed with ~ operator.
131In this case the inverted value of mask will be used.
132.It Fl i Ar level
133Retrieve CPUID info.
134Level should be given as a hex number.
135.It Fl i Ar level,level_type
136Retrieve CPUID info.
137Level and level_type should be given as hex numbers.
138.It Fl u
139Apply CPU firmware updates.
140The
141.Nm
142utility will walk through the configured data directories
143and apply all firmware updates available for this CPU.
144.It Fl e
145Re-evaluate the kernel flags indicating the present CPU features.
146This command is typically executed after a firmware update was applied
147which changes information reported by the
148.Dv CPUID
149instruction.
150.Pp
151.Bf -symbolic
152Only execute the
153.Fl e
154command after the microcode update was applied to all CPUs in the system.
155The kernel does not operate correctly if the features of processors are
156not identical.
157.Ef
158.It Fl v
159Increase the verbosity level.
160.It Fl h
161Show help message.
162.El
163.Sh EXIT STATUS
164.Ex -std
165.Sh EXAMPLES
166The command
167.Pp
168.Dq Li "cpucontrol -m 0x10 /dev/cpuctl0"
169.Pp
170will read the contents of TSC MSR from CPU 0.
171.Pp
172To set the CPU 0 TSC MSR register value to 0x1 issue
173.Pp
174.Dq Li "cpucontrol -m 0x10=0x1 /dev/cpuctl0" .
175.Pp
176The following command will clear the second bit of TSC register:
177.Pp
178.Dq Li "cpucontrol -m 0x10&=~0x02 /dev/cpuctl0" .
179.Pp
180The following command will set the forth and second bit of TSC register:
181.Pp
182.Dq Li "cpucontrol -m 0x10|=0x0a /dev/cpuctl0" .
183.Pp
184The command
185.Pp
186.Dq Li "cpucontrol -i 0x1 /dev/cpuctl1"
187.Pp
188will retrieve the CPUID level 0x1 from CPU 1.
189.Pp
190To perform firmware updates on CPU 0 from images located at
191.Pa /usr/local/share/cpuctl
192use the following command:
193.Pp
194.Dq Li "cpucontrol -nd /usr/local/share/cpuctl -u /dev/cpuctl0"
195.Sh SEE ALSO
196.Xr cpuctl 4
197.Sh HISTORY
198The
199.Nm
200utility first appeared in
201.Fx 7.2 .
202.Sh AUTHORS
203The
204.Nm
205utility and this manual page was written by
206.An Stanislav Sedov Aq Mt stas@FreeBSD.org .
207