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From: Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@gmail.com>
To: hasan@digitalpath.net
Subject: Re: Access MSR functions in userspace?
Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 06:00:35 +0200
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On Wednesday, 6 February 2008 05:29:47 Hasan Rashid wrote:
> Is there a way to use RDMSR and WRMSR in userspace? I only need to write
> to one register, writing a module with a userspace piece to handle that
> seems like an over kill.
> 
> TIA!


Fortunately linux have /dev/cpu/*/msr
Take  look at $LINUX_SOURCES/arch/x86/kernel/msr.c to learn how to use it.

Best regards,
	Maxim Levitsky
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