svn commit: r186611 - head/usr.sbin/cpucontrol

Christian Brueffer brueffer at FreeBSD.org
Tue Dec 30 20:16:34 UTC 2008


Author: brueffer
Date: Tue Dec 30 20:16:33 2008
New Revision: 186611
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/186611

Log:
  Mdoc and wording improvements.

Modified:
  head/usr.sbin/cpucontrol/cpucontrol.8

Modified: head/usr.sbin/cpucontrol/cpucontrol.8
==============================================================================
--- head/usr.sbin/cpucontrol/cpucontrol.8	Tue Dec 30 20:13:20 2008	(r186610)
+++ head/usr.sbin/cpucontrol/cpucontrol.8	Tue Dec 30 20:16:33 2008	(r186611)
@@ -55,21 +55,26 @@ device.
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Nm
-utility can be used to read and write an arbitrary machine-specific
-CPU registers via
+utility can be used to read and write arbitrary machine-specific
+CPU registers via the
 .Xr cpuctl 4
-controlled special device and apply the CPU firmware updates.
+special device.
+It can also be used to apply CPU firmware updates.
 .Pp
 The following options are available:
 .Bl -tag -width indent
 .It Fl d Ar datadir
-Where to look for microcode images. The option can be specified multiple times.
+Where to look for microcode images.
+The option can be specified multiple times.
 .It Fl m Ar msr Ns Op = Ns Ar value
-Read/write the specified MSR. Both the MSR and the value should be given as a hex number.
+Read/write the specified MSR.
+Both the MSR and the value should be given as a hex number.
 .It Fl i Ar level
-Retrieve CPUID info. Level should be given as a hex number.
+Retrieve CPUID info.
+Level should be given as a hex number.
 .It Fl u
-Apply CPU firmware updates. The
+Apply CPU firmware updates.
+The
 .Nm
 utility will walk through the configured data directories
 and will apply all firmware patches available for this CPU.
@@ -93,14 +98,13 @@ To set the CPU 0 TSC MSR register value 
 .Pp
 .Dq Li "cpucontrol -m 0x10=0x1 /dev/cpuctl0"
 .Pp
-.Pp
 The command
 .Pp
 .Dq Li "cpucontrol -i 0x1 /dev/cpuctl1"
 .Pp
 will retrieve the CPUID level 0x1 from CPU 1.
 .Pp
-To perform firmware updated on CPU 0 from images located at
+To perform firmware updates on CPU 0 from images located at
 .Pa /usr/local/share/cpuctl/
 use the following command:
 .Pp


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