wrmsr_early_safe(9)
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Authored by kib on Sep 18 2025, 10:02 PM.

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glebius
stas
jrm
imp
markj

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rGa31969687545: amd64: add wrmsr_early_safe(9)
rG50ee990e1874: amd64 cpufunc.h: add rcs(), to read code selector

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The variant of wrmsr_safe(9) that might work before IDT and curpcb are initialized. Assumes BSP, and that all APs are parked.

Before calling wrmsr_early_safe(), the wrmsr_early_safe_start() should be called, afterward wrmsr_early_safe_end() restores the #gp IDT slot.

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kib created this revision.Sep 18 2025, 10:02 PM

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kib requested review of this revision.Sep 18 2025, 10:02 PM

kib mentioned this in D52605: amd/ucode: add a table of known patch level dependencies.

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glebius added a child revision: D52643: ucode: use wrmsr_early_safe() for early CPU microcode update.Sep 20 2025, 7:59 PM

I have created a patch D52643 on top of this one. We have successfully tested it. At boot this message is observed:

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Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
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FreeBSD is a registered trademark of The FreeBSD Foundation.
FreeBSD 15.0-PRERELEASE NCD-9043-AMD-microcode-kib-n7648-9bbf40e9a419 RED1 amd64
FreeBSD clang version 19.1.7 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project.git llvmorg-19.1.7-0-gcd708029e0b2)
VT(efifb): resolution 800x600
CPU microcode: load failed. BIOS updated advised
CPU: AMD EPYC 8124P 16-Core Processor                (2450.12-MHz K8-class CPU)
  Origin="AuthenticAMD"  Id=0xaa0f02  Family=0x19  Model=0xa0  Stepping=2

I'm not sure our patches are going to compile on i386. IMHO, we need this to make a priority for 15.0-RELEASE.