rdmsr(9)
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RDMSR(9) NetBSD/x86 Kernel Developer's Manual RDMSR(9)
NAME
msr, rdmsr, rdmsr_safe, wrmsr -- functions for x86 MSRs
SYNOPSIS
#include <x86/cpufunc.h>
uint64_t
rdmsr(u_int msr);
int
rdmsr_safe(u_int msr, uint64_t *valp);
void
wrmsr(u_int msr, uint64_t val);
DESCRIPTION
The RDMSR instruction reads from a x86 model-specific register (MSR).
Conversely, the WRMSR instruction is used to write to a MSR. In NetBSD
the rdmsr(), rdmsr_safe(), and wrmsr() functions are used to access MSRs.
The header <x86/specialreg.h> includes definitions for some of the com-
monly used MSRs, that is, control registers that are present in some x86
processor models but unavailable in others.
FUNCTIONS
rdmsr(msr)
Returns the value read from msr.
rdmsr_safe(msr, valp)
The rdmsr_safe() function is a safer variant of rdmsr(). Upon suc-
cessful completion, the function returns zero and the value read
from the register msr is returned in valp. If a fault occurs while
accessing msr, rdmsr_safe() returns EFAULT.
wrmsr(msr, val)
The wrmsr() function writes val to the register msr.
Note that even though rdmsr_safe() provides support for reading MSRs in a
safe manner, it is still a good practice to always verify that the given
model-specific register is present by using the CPUID instruction, avail-
able in NetBSD via x86_cpuid().
SEE ALSO
rdtsc(9), x86_msr_xcall(9)
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