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30.Dd April 3, 2006
31.Dt UTOPPY 4
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm utoppy
35.Nd USB driver for the Topfield TF5000PVR range of digital video recorders
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.Cd "utoppy* at uhub? port ?"
38.Pp
39.In dev/usb/utoppy.h
40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41The
42.Nm
43driver provides support for the Topfield TF5000PVR range of DVB recorders
44(nicknamed
45.Ql Toppy )
46which are popular in Europe and Australia.
47These recorders have a
48.Tn USB
49device interface which can be used to transfer
50recordings to and from the unit's hard disk.
51The
52.Tn USB
53interface can also be used to upload binary images for execution
54on the Toppy's MIPS cpu.
55.Pp
56The Toppy's
57.Tn USB
58protocol has not been officially documented by Topfield,
59but the basic features have been reverse engineered by others in order
60to write replacements for the official
61.Ql Altair
62download/upload program from Topfield.
63.Pp
64Existing replacements for Altair suffer from the fact that they are
65ultimately built on top of
66.Xr ugen 4 .
67This has a number of detrimental side-effects:
68.Bl -enum
69.It
70Performance suffers since all Toppy command packets have to cross the
71user-kernel interface.
72.It
73The userland programs are full of clutter to deal with interpreting the
74command/status packets, not to mention byte-swapping and host endian
75issues.
76.It
77Signals can interrupt a data transfer at a critical point, leaving the
78Toppy in an undefined state.
79For example, interrupting a download with
80.Ql Turbo
81mode enabled will leave the Toppy completely unresponsive to the remote
82control, and prevent timer-based recordings from starting.
83.El
84.Pp
85The
86.Nm
87driver provides a clean and stable interface to the Toppy protocol, and
88ensures that an interrupt caused by a signal does not leave the Toppy in
89an undefined state.
90.Sh UTOPPY INTERFACE
91Use the following header file to get access to the
92.Tn utoppy
93specific structures and defines.
94.Bd -literal
95#include <dev/usb/utoppy.h>
96.Ed
97.Pp
98The
99.Nm
100driver can be accessed through the
101.Pa /dev/utoppyN
102character device.
103The primary means of controlling the driver is by issuing a series of
104.Xr ioctl 2
105system calls followed by
106.Xr read 2
107or
108.Xr write 2
109system calls as appropriate.
110.Pp
111The following
112.Xr ioctl 2
113commands are supported by the
114.Nm
115driver:
116.Bl -tag -width xxxxxx
117.It Dv UTOPPYIOTURBO Fa "int *mode"
118This command can be used to enable or disable
119.Ql Turbo
120mode for subsequent
121.Dv UTOPPYIOREADFILE
122or
123.Dv UTOPPYIOWRITEFILE
124commands (see below).
125If
126.Fa num
127is non-zero, Turbo mode will be enabled.
128Otherwise Turbo mode will be disabled.
129In non-Turbo mode, the Toppy's
130.Tn USB
131interface is capable of sustaining around 5.6 Mbit/s during a file transfer.
132With Turbo mode enabled, it can sustain just over 16 Mbit/s.
133Of course, these figures are valid only if the Toppy is connected via a
134.Tn USB
1352.0 interface.
136Performance using an older
137.Tn USB
1381 interface will be significantly lower.
139.It Dv UTOPPYIOCANCEL Fa void
140This command can be used to abort an in-progress
141.Dv UTOPPYIOREADDIR ,
142.Dv UTOPPYIOREADFILE ,
143or
144.Dv UTOPPYIOWRITEFILE
145command.
146.It Dv UTOPPYIOREBOOT Fa void
147This command will cause the Toppy to reboot cleanly.
148.It Dv UTOPPYIOSTATS Fa "struct utoppy_stats *stats"
149This command retrieves statistics for the Toppy's hard disk.
150.Bd -literal
151struct utoppy_stats {
152	uint64_t us_hdd_size;	/* Size of the disk, in bytes */
153	uint64_t us_hdd_free;	/* Free space, in bytes */
154};
155.Ed
156.It UTOPPYIORENAME Fa "struct utoppy_rename *rename"
157This command is used to rename a file or directory on the Toppy's
158hard disk.
159The full pathname to each file must be provided.
160.Bd -literal
161struct utoppy_rename {
162	char *ur_old_path;	/* Path to existing file */
163	char *ur_new_path;	/* Path to new file */
164};
165.Ed
166.It UTOPPYIOMKDIR Fa "char *path"
167This command creates the directory specified by
168.Fa path .
169.It UTOPPYIODELETE Fa "char *path"
170This command deletes the file or directory specified by
171.Fa path .
172.It UTOPPYIOREADDIR Fa "char *path"
173This command initiates a read of the contents of the directory specified by
174.Fa path .
175After issuing this command, the directory contents must be read using
176consecutive
177.Xr read 2
178system calls.
179Each
180.Xr read 2
181will transfer one or more directory entries into the user-supplied buffer.
182The buffer must be large enough to receive at least one directory entry.
183When
184.Xr read 2
185returns zero, all directory entries have been read.
186.Pp
187A directory entry is described using the following data structure:
188.Bd -literal
189struct utoppy_dirent {
190	char ud_path[UTOPPY_MAX_FILENAME_LEN + 1];
191	enum {
192		UTOPPY_DIRENT_UNKNOWN,
193		UTOPPY_DIRENT_DIRECTORY,
194		UTOPPY_DIRENT_FILE
195	} ud_type;
196	off_t ud_size;
197	time_t ud_mtime;
198	uint32_t ud_attributes;
199};
200.Ed
201.Pp
202The
203.Va ud_path
204field contains the name of the directory entry.
205.Pp
206The
207.Va ud_type
208field specifies whether the entry corresponds to a file or a sub-directory.
209.Pp
210The
211.Va ud_size
212field is valid for files only, and specifies the file's size in bytes.
213.Pp
214The
215.Va ud_mtime
216field describes the file or directory's modification time, specified as
217seconds from the Unix epoch.
218The timestamp is relative to the current timezone, so
219.Xr localtime 3
220can be used to convert it into human readable form.
221Note that the Toppy sets directory timestamps to a predefined value so
222they are not particularly useful.
223.Pp
224The
225.Va ud_attributes
226field is not used at this time.
227.It UTOPPYIOREADFILE Fa "struct utoppy_readfile *"
228This command is used to initiate reading a file from the Toppy's hard disk.
229The full pathname, together with the file offset at which to start reading,
230is specified using the following data structure:
231.Bd -literal
232struct utoppy_readfile {
233	char *ur_path;
234	off_t ur_offset;
235};
236.Ed
237.Pp
238After issuing this command, the file must be read using consecutive
239.Xr read 2
240system calls.
241When
242.Xr read 2
243returns zero, the entire file has been read.
244.It UTOPPYIOWRITEFILE Fa "struct utoppy_writefile *"
245This command is used to initiate writing to a file on the Toppy's hard disk.
246The file to be written is described using the following data structure:
247.Bd -literal
248struct utoppy_writefile {
249	char *uw_path;
250	off_t uw_offset;
251	off_t uw_size;
252	time_t uw_mtime;
253};
254.Ed
255.Pp
256The
257.Va uw_path
258field specifies the full pathname of the file to be written.
259.Pp
260The
261.Va uw_offset
262field specifies the file offset at which to start writing, assuming the file
263already exists.
264Otherwise,
265.Va uw_offset
266must be zero.
267.Pp
268The protocol requires that the Toppy must be informed of a file's size in
269advance of the file being written.
270This is accomplished using the
271.Va uw_size
272field.
273It may be possible to work around this limitation in a future version of
274the driver.
275.Pp
276The
277.Va uw_mtime
278field specifies the file's timestamp expressed as seconds from the Unix epoch
279in the local timezone.
280.El
281.Pp
282Due to limitations with the protocol, a
283.Nm
284device can be opened by only one application at a time.
285Also, only a single
286.Dv UTOPPYIOREADDIR ,
287.Dv UTOPPYIOREADFILE ,
288or
289.Dv UTOPPYIOWRITEFILE
290command can be in progress at any given time.
291.Sh FILES
292.Bl -tag -width /dev/utoppy0 -compact
293.It Pa /dev/utoppy0
294device node
295.El
296.Sh SEE ALSO
297.Xr utoppya 1 ,
298.Xr usb 4
299.Sh HISTORY
300The
301.Nm
302driver
303appeared in
304.Nx 4.0 .
305.Sh AUTHORS
306.An Steve C. Woodford Aq Mt scw@netbsd.org
307