On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 02:15:49PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > Il 10/09/2012 13:52, Peter Lieven ha scritto: > >> dd if=/dev/cpu/0/msr skip=$((0x194)) bs=8 count=1 | xxd > >> dd if=/dev/cpu/0/msr skip=$((0xCE)) bs=8 count=1 | xxd > > it only works without the skip. but the msr device returns all zeroes. > > Hmm, the strange API of the MSR device doesn't work well with dd (dd > skips to 0x194 * 8 because bs is 8. You can try this program: > There is rdmsr/wrmsr in msr-tools. > #include <fcntl.h> > #include <stdio.h> > #include <stdlib.h> > > int rdmsr(int fd, long reg) > { > char msg[40]; > long long val; > sprintf(msg, "rdmsr(%#x)", reg); > if (pread(fd, &val, 8, reg) < 0) { > perror(msg); > } else { > printf("%s: %#016llx\n", msg, val); > fflush(stdout); > } > } > > > int main() > { > int fd = open("/dev/cpu/0/msr", O_RDONLY); > if (fd < 0) { perror("open"); exit(1); } > rdmsr(fd, 0x194); > rdmsr(fd, 0xCE); > } > > Paolo > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- Gleb. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html