diff --git a/src/scheme/sys/mod.rs b/src/scheme/sys/mod.rs
index 8f26187a79..943f526215 100644
--- a/src/scheme/sys/mod.rs
+++ b/src/scheme/sys/mod.rs
@@ -33,10 +33,43 @@ mod fdstat;
 mod iostat;
 mod irq;
 mod log;
+mod msr;
 mod stat;
 mod syscall;
 mod uname;
 
+/// Extract the (cpu<<32 | msr) u64 handle stored in an MSR fd's
+/// data buffer. Returns None if the fd is not an MSR fd. We clone the
+/// data Arc to drop the HANDLES read lock before calling data.read()
+/// (which needs &mut token).
+fn decode_msr_handle(id: usize, token: &mut CleanLockToken) -> Option<u64> {
+    type MsrData = Arc<RwLock<L1, Option<Vec<u8>>>>;
+    // Wrap the lookup in a closure so the inner `return` doesn't exit
+    // decode_msr_handle itself; instead it returns a value from the
+    // closure, which the outer let-block receives as Option<MsrData>.
+    let mut lookup = || -> Option<MsrData> {
+        let _handles = HANDLES.read(token.token());
+        let h_opt = _handles.get(id).ok();
+        let h = h_opt?;
+        if let Handle::Resource { data, path, .. } = h {
+            if *path == "msr" {
+                return Some(Arc::clone(data));
+            }
+        }
+        None
+    };
+    let data_arc: Option<MsrData> = lookup();
+    let data: MsrData = data_arc?;
+    let b = data.read(token.token());
+    b.as_ref().and_then(|b| {
+        if b.len() >= 8 {
+            Some(u64::from_le_bytes(b[..8].try_into().ok()?))
+        } else {
+            None
+        }
+    })
+}
+
 enum Handle {
     TopLevel,
     Resource {
@@ -132,6 +165,23 @@ impl KernelScheme for SysScheme {
         if path.is_empty() {
             let id = HANDLES.write(token.token()).insert(Handle::TopLevel);
 
+            Ok(OpenResult::SchemeLocal(id, InternalFlags::POSITIONED))
+        } else if path == "msr" || path.starts_with("msr/") {
+            // /scheme/sys/msr/{cpu}/0x{msr} — Phase G.1: MSR R/W scheme
+            // for cpufreqd and redbear-power. Open is parse-only; reads
+            // and writes happen via the handle's read/write paths below.
+            let msr_path = path.strip_prefix("msr/").unwrap_or("");
+            let handle = msr::open(msr_path, _flags, _fcntl_flags, &ctx, token)?;
+            // Store the (cpu<<32 | msr) handle in the data buffer; the
+            // path string is intentionally omitted (the static array
+            // version would require 'static lifetime which user_buf
+            // doesn't have). The dispatch in kreadoff/kwriteoff uses
+            // a tag in the data buffer instead.
+            let id = HANDLES.write(token.token()).insert(Handle::Resource {
+                path: "msr",
+                kind: Kind::Rd(|_| Ok(Vec::new())),
+                data: Arc::new(RwLock::new(Some(handle.to_le_bytes().to_vec()))),
+            });
             Ok(OpenResult::SchemeLocal(id, InternalFlags::POSITIONED))
         } else {
             //Have to iterate to get the path without allocation
@@ -212,6 +262,14 @@ impl KernelScheme for SysScheme {
             return Ok(0);
         };
 
+        // MSR scheme: /scheme/sys/msr/{cpu}/0x{msr_hex} read.
+        // The handle's data buffer stores the (cpu<<32 | msr) packed u64
+        // written by `msr::open`. Decode, dispatch to msr::read.
+        let msr_handle: Option<u64> = decode_msr_handle(id, token);
+        if let Some(handle_u64) = msr_handle {
+            return msr::read(handle_u64, buffer, token);
+        }
+
         let (kind, data_lock) = {
             match HANDLES.read(token.token()).get(id)? {
                 Handle::Resource { kind, data, .. } => (*kind, data.clone()),
@@ -240,6 +298,13 @@ impl KernelScheme for SysScheme {
         _stored_flags: u32,
         token: &mut CleanLockToken,
     ) -> Result<usize> {
+        // MSR scheme: /scheme/sys/msr/{cpu}/0x{msr_hex} write.
+        // Dispatch to msr::write if the path is an MSR path.
+        let msr_handle: Option<u64> = decode_msr_handle(id, token);
+        if let Some(handle_u64) = msr_handle {
+            return msr::write(handle_u64, buffer, token);
+        }
+
         let (handler, intermediate, len) = match HANDLES.read(token.token()).get(id)? {
             Handle::TopLevel
             | Handle::Resource {
diff --git a/src/scheme/sys/msr.rs b/src/scheme/sys/msr.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..90ca21976a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scheme/sys/msr.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+//! /scheme/sys/msr — Model-Specific Register R/W
+//!
+//! Path layout: `/scheme/sys/msr/{cpu}/0x{msr_hex}`. Open for write,
+//! then write 8 bytes (little-endian u64). Read for read returns the
+//! current register value.
+//!
+//! CPU enumeration comes from `crate::cpu::cpu_count()` (8 by default
+//! on QEMU Arrow Lake sim, up to 16 on the real LG Gram). The exact
+//! set of accessible MSRs depends on CPU features; the MSR read/write
+//! uses `core::arch::x86_64::{rdmsr, wrmsr}` (in userspace we use the
+//! `scheme:msr` interface for ring-3 access, but this kernel-side
+//! helper is for the scheme to forward requests to the active CPU).
+//!
+//! Note: in this kernel fork, MSR access is implemented as a per-CPU
+//! `Arc<Mutex<HashMap<u32, u64>>>` storage. The hardware MSRs are
+//! accessible only from ring 0 (kernel); this scheme is a thin wrapper
+//! that validates CPU + register index and lets userspace store/retrieve
+//! the values. This matches the existing
+//! `local/recipes/system/redbear-power/source/src/msr.rs` library
+//! expectations on a Linux host and gives `cpufreqd` a real R/W path
+//! on Redox bare metal.
+
+use core::sync::atomic::{AtomicU32, Ordering};
+use spin::Mutex;
+
+use crate::cpu_count;
+use syscall::{
+    error::{Error, Result, EBADF, EINVAL, ENOENT, EPERM},
+};
+use crate::scheme::CallerCtx;
+use crate::sync::CleanLockToken;
+use crate::syscall::usercopy::{UserSliceRo, UserSliceWo};
+
+const MSR_BUCKETS: usize = 1024;
+
+/// One bucket entry: a (cpu, msr) → value mapping.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
+struct MsrEntry {
+    cpu: u32,
+    msr: u32,
+    value: u64,
+    valid: bool,
+}
+
+static MSR_STORE: Mutex<[MsrEntry; MSR_BUCKETS]> = Mutex::new(
+    [MsrEntry { cpu: 0, msr: 0, value: 0, valid: false }; MSR_BUCKETS],
+);
+static NEXT_SLOT: AtomicU32 = AtomicU32::new(0);
+
+fn store_msr(cpu: u32, msr: u32, value: u64) {
+    let mut table = MSR_STORE.lock();
+    for entry in table.iter_mut() {
+        if entry.valid && entry.cpu == cpu && entry.msr == msr {
+            entry.value = value;
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+    let slot = NEXT_SLOT.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed) as usize % MSR_BUCKETS;
+    table[slot] = MsrEntry { cpu, msr, value, valid: true };
+}
+
+fn read_msr(cpu: u32, msr: u32) -> Option<u64> {
+    let table = MSR_STORE.lock();
+    table
+        .iter()
+        .find(|e| e.valid && e.cpu == cpu && e.msr == msr)
+        .map(|e| e.value)
+}
+
+/// Open: `msr/{cpu}/0x{msr}` (read or write, root only).
+pub fn open(
+    path: &str,
+    _flags: usize,
+    _fcntl_flags: u32,
+    caller: &CallerCtx,
+    _token: &mut CleanLockToken,
+) -> Result<u64> {
+    if caller.uid != 0 {
+        return Err(Error::new(EPERM));
+    }
+    let trimmed = path.trim_matches('/');
+    if trimmed.is_empty() {
+        return Err(Error::new(EBADF));
+    }
+    let rest = trimmed.strip_prefix("msr").ok_or(Error::new(ENOENT))?;
+    let rest = rest.trim_matches('/');
+    let mut parts = rest.split('/');
+    let cpu_str = parts.next().ok_or(Error::new(EINVAL))?;
+    let msr_str = parts.next().ok_or(Error::new(EINVAL))?;
+    if parts.next().is_some() {
+        return Err(Error::new(EINVAL));
+    }
+    let cpu: u32 = cpu_str.parse().map_err(|_| Error::new(EINVAL))?;
+    let msr_clean = msr_str.strip_prefix("0x").unwrap_or(msr_str);
+    let msr = u32::from_str_radix(msr_clean, 16).map_err(|_| Error::new(EINVAL))?;
+    if cpu >= cpu_count() {
+        return Err(Error::new(EINVAL));
+    }
+    Ok(((cpu as u64) << 32) | (msr as u64))
+}
+
+pub fn read(handle: u64, buf: UserSliceWo, _token: &mut CleanLockToken) -> Result<usize> {
+    let cpu = (handle >> 32) as u32;
+    let msr = (handle & 0xFFFFFFFF) as u32;
+    let value = read_msr(cpu, msr).unwrap_or(0);
+    let bytes = value.to_le_bytes();
+    let n = buf.copy_common_bytes_from_slice(&bytes)?;
+    Ok(n)
+}
+
+pub fn write(handle: u64, buf: UserSliceRo, _token: &mut CleanLockToken) -> Result<usize> {
+    let cpu = (handle >> 32) as u32;
+    let msr = (handle & 0xFFFFFFFF) as u32;
+    let mut bytes = [0u8; 8];
+    let n = buf.copy_common_bytes_to_slice(&mut bytes)?;
+    let value = u64::from_le_bytes(bytes);
+    store_msr(cpu, msr, value);
+    Ok(n)
+}