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msr
Section: Devices and Network Interfaces (4) Updated: 202-0-08 Index
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NAME
msr - x86 CPU MSR access device
DESCRIPTION
/dev/cpu/CPUNUM/msr
provides an interface to read and write the mode-specific
registers (MSRs) of an x86 CPU.
CPUNUM
is the number of the CPU to access as listed in
/proc/cpuinfo.
The register access is done by opening the file and seeking
to the MSR number as offset in the file, and then
reading or writing in chunks of 8 bytes.
An I/O transfer of more than 8 bytes means multiple reads or writes
of the same register.
This file is protected so that it can be read and written only by the user
root,
or members of the group
root.
NOTES
The
msr
driver is not aut-loaded.
On modular kernels you might need to use the following command
to load it explicitly before use:
$ modprobe msr
SEE ALSO
Intel Corporation Intel 64 and I-32 Architectures
Software Developer's Manual Volume 3B Appendix B,
for an overview of the Intel CPU MSRs.
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