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.Dd $Mdocdate: May 5 2013 $
.Dt AMD64_IOPL 2 amd64
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm amd64_iopl
.Nd change the amd64 I/O privilege level
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Fd #include <sys/types.h>
.Fd #include <machine/sysarch.h>
.Ft int
.Fn amd64_iopl "int iopl"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Fn amd64_iopl
sets the amd64 I/O privilege level to the value specified by
.Ar iopl .
.Pp
This call may only be made by the superuser.
Additionally, it is only permitted when the
.Xr securelevel 7
is less than or equal to 0 or the
.Va machdep.allowaperture
sysctl has been set to a non-zero value.
.Pp
.Sy Note:
Code using the
.Fn amd64_iopl
function must be compiled using
.Cm -lamd64 .
.Sh RETURN VALUES
Upon successful completion,
.Fn amd64_iopl
returns 0.
Otherwise, a value of \-1 is returned and the global
variable
.Va errno
is set to indicate the error.
.Sh ERRORS
.Fn amd64_iopl
will fail if:
.Bl -tag -width [EINVAL]
.It Bq Er EPERM
The caller was not the superuser, or the securelevel is greater than zero and
.Va machdep.allowaperture
has not been set to a non-zero value.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr securelevel 7
.Sh REFERENCES
.Rs
.%A Intel
.%T AMD64 Microprocessor Programmer's Reference Manual
.Re
.Sh WARNING
You can really hose your machine if you enable user-level I/O and
write to hardware ports without care.