Here's a simple manpage for the msr device. -Andi .\" Some sentences copied from comment in arch/x86/kernel/msr.c .TH MSR 7 2009-02-22 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME msr \- x86 CPU MSR access device .SH DESCRIPTION .I /dev/cpu/CPUNUM/msr allows to read and write the model specific registers (MSRs) of an x86 CPU. .I CPUNUM is the number of the cpu to access as listed in .I /proc/cpuinfo. The register access is done by opening the file and seeking to the MSR number as offset in the file and then read or write in chunks of 8 bytes. A larger size than 8 bytes means multiple reads or writes of the same register. .SH NOTES The .I msr driver is not auto-loaded. On modular kernel you might need to use .B modprobe msr to load it explicitely before use. .SH SEE ALSO Intel Corporation Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual Volume 3B Appendix B for an overview of the Intel CPU MSRs. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
