Module Name: src
Committed By: jruoho
Date: Fri Oct 28 07:23:18 UTC 2011
Modified Files:
src/distrib/sets/lists/comp: mi
src/share/man/man9/man9.x86: Makefile rdmsr.9
Log Message:
Note briefly what MSRs are. Requested by wiz@.
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.1698 -r1.1699 src/distrib/sets/lists/comp/mi
cvs rdiff -u -r1.5 -r1.6 src/share/man/man9/man9.x86/Makefile
cvs rdiff -u -r1.2 -r1.3 src/share/man/man9/man9.x86/rdmsr.9
Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
copyright notices on the relevant files.
Modified files:
Index: src/distrib/sets/lists/comp/mi
diff -u src/distrib/sets/lists/comp/mi:1.1698 src/distrib/sets/lists/comp/mi:1.1699
--- src/distrib/sets/lists/comp/mi:1.1698 Tue Oct 25 05:41:33 2011
+++ src/distrib/sets/lists/comp/mi Fri Oct 28 07:23:16 2011
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $NetBSD: mi,v 1.1698 2011/10/25 05:41:33 jruoho Exp $
+# $NetBSD: mi,v 1.1699 2011/10/28 07:23:16 jruoho Exp $
#
# Note: don't delete entries from here - mark them as "obsolete" instead.
#
@@ -10854,6 +10854,7 @@
./usr/share/man/cat9/wsmouse.0 comp-sys-catman .cat
./usr/share/man/cat9/wsmouse_input.0 comp-sys-catman .cat
./usr/share/man/cat9/wsmousedevprint.0 comp-sys-catman .cat
+./usr/share/man/cat9/x86/msr.0 comp-sys-catman .cat
./usr/share/man/cat9/x86/nmi.0 comp-sys-catman .cat
./usr/share/man/cat9/x86/nmi_disestablish.0 comp-sys-catman .cat
./usr/share/man/cat9/x86/nmi_establish.0 comp-sys-catman .cat
@@ -16903,6 +16904,7 @@
./usr/share/man/html9/wsmouse.html comp-sys-htmlman html
./usr/share/man/html9/wsmouse_input.html comp-sys-htmlman html
./usr/share/man/html9/wsmousedevprint.html comp-sys-htmlman html
+./usr/share/man/html9/x86/msr.html comp-sys-htmlman html
./usr/share/man/html9/x86/nmi.html comp-sys-htmlman html
./usr/share/man/html9/x86/nmi_disestablish.html comp-sys-htmlman html
./usr/share/man/html9/x86/nmi_establish.html comp-sys-htmlman html
@@ -23209,6 +23211,7 @@
./usr/share/man/man9/wsmouse.9 comp-sys-man .man
./usr/share/man/man9/wsmouse_input.9 comp-sys-man .man
./usr/share/man/man9/wsmousedevprint.9 comp-sys-man .man
+./usr/share/man/man9/x86/msr.9 comp-sys-man .man
./usr/share/man/man9/x86/nmi.9 comp-sys-man .man
./usr/share/man/man9/x86/nmi_disestablish.9 comp-sys-man .man
./usr/share/man/man9/x86/nmi_establish.9 comp-sys-man .man
Index: src/share/man/man9/man9.x86/Makefile
diff -u src/share/man/man9/man9.x86/Makefile:1.5 src/share/man/man9/man9.x86/Makefile:1.6
--- src/share/man/man9/man9.x86/Makefile:1.5 Tue Oct 25 05:41:35 2011
+++ src/share/man/man9/man9.x86/Makefile Fri Oct 28 07:23:18 2011
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.5 2011/10/25 05:41:35 jruoho Exp $
+# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.6 2011/10/28 07:23:18 jruoho Exp $
MAN= nmi.9 rdmsr.9 tsc.9 x86_msr_xcall.9
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ MANSUBDIR=/x86
MLINKS+=nmi.9 nmi_establish.9 \
nmi.9 nmi_disestablish.9
-MLINKS+=rdmsr.9 rdmsr_safe.9 \
+MLINKS+=rdmsr.9 msr.9 \
+ rdmsr.9 rdmsr_safe.9 \
rdmsr.9 wrmsr.9
MLINKS+=tsc.9 rdtsc.9 \
Index: src/share/man/man9/man9.x86/rdmsr.9
diff -u src/share/man/man9/man9.x86/rdmsr.9:1.2 src/share/man/man9/man9.x86/rdmsr.9:1.3
--- src/share/man/man9/man9.x86/rdmsr.9:1.2 Tue Oct 25 05:41:35 2011
+++ src/share/man/man9/man9.x86/rdmsr.9 Fri Oct 28 07:23:18 2011
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: rdmsr.9,v 1.2 2011/10/25 05:41:35 jruoho Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: rdmsr.9,v 1.3 2011/10/28 07:23:18 jruoho Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2011 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -27,14 +27,15 @@
.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd October 25, 2011
+.Dd October 28, 2011
.Dt RDMSR 9 x86
.Os
.Sh NAME
+.Nm msr ,
.Nm rdmsr ,
.Nm rdmsr_safe ,
.Nm wrmsr
-.Nd functions for x86 model-specific registers
+.Nd functions for x86 MSRs
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In x86/cpufunc.h
.Ft uint64_t
@@ -65,6 +66,11 @@ and
.Fn wrmsr
functions are used to access
.Dv MSRs .
+The header
+.In x86/specialreg.h
+includes definitions for some of the commonly used MSRs,
+that is, control registers that are present
+in some x86 processor models but unavailable in others.
.Sh FUNCTIONS
.Bl -tag -width abcd
.It Fn rdmsr "msr"
