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30.Dd January 19, 2008
31.Dt UGEN 4
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm ugen
35.Nd USB generic device support
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.Cd "ugen* at uhub? flags N"
38.Cd options UGEN_BULK_RA_WB
39.Sh DESCRIPTION
40The
41.Nm
42driver provides support for all USB devices that do not have
43a special driver.
44It supports access to all parts of the device,
45but not in a way that is as convenient as a special purpose driver.
46.Pp
47Normally the
48.Nm
49driver is used when no other driver attaches to a device.
50If
51.Dq flags 1
52is specified, the
53.Nm
54will instead attach with a very high priority and always be used.
55Together with the
56.Cd vendor
57and
58.Cd product
59locators this can be used to force the
60.Nm
61driver to be used for a certain
62device.
63.Pp
64There can be up to 127 USB devices connected to a USB bus.
65Each USB device can have up to 16 endpoints.
66Each of these endpoints will communicate in one of four different
67modes: control, isochronous, bulk, or interrupt.
68Each of the endpoints will have a different device node.
69The four least significant bits in the minor device
70number determines which endpoint the device accesses and the rest
71of the bits determines which USB device.
72.Pp
73If an endpoint address is used both for input and output the device
74can be opened for both read or write.
75.Pp
76To find out what endpoints exist there are a series of
77.Xr ioctl 2
78operations on the control endpoint that return the USB descriptors
79of the device, configurations, interfaces, and endpoints.
80.Pp
81The control transfer mode can only happen on the control endpoint
82which is always endpoint 0.
83The control endpoint accepts requests
84and may respond with an answer to such requests.
85Control requests are issued by
86.Xr ioctl 2
87calls.
88.\" .Pp
89.\" The isochronous transfer mode can be in or out depending on the
90.\" endpoint.
91.\" To perform IO on an isochronous endpoint
92.\" .Xr read 2
93.\" and
94.\" .Xr write 2
95.\" should be used.
96.\" Before any IO operations can take place the transfer rate in
97.\" bytes/second has to be set.
98.\" This is done with
99.\" .Xr ioctl 2
100.\" .Dv USB_SET_ISO_RATE .
101.\" Performing this call sets up a buffer corresponding to
102.\" about 1 second of data.
103.Pp
104The bulk transfer mode can be in or out depending on the
105endpoint.
106To perform IO on a bulk endpoint
107.Xr read 2
108and
109.Xr write 2
110should be used.
111All IO operations on a bulk endpoint are normally unbuffered.
112On kernels built with the
113.Dv UGEN_BULK_RA_WB
114option, the
115.Dv USB_SET_BULK_RA
116and
117.Dv USB_SET_BULK_WB
118.Xr ioctl 2
119calls are available, and enable read-ahead and write-behind buffering
120respectively.
121When read-ahead or write-behind are enabled, the file descriptor
122may be set to use non-blocking IO.
123.Pp
124When in a
125.Dv UGEN_BULK_RA_WB
126mode,
127.Xr select 2
128for read and write operates normally, returning true if there is data
129in the read buffer and space in the write buffer, respectively.
130When not in a
131.Dv UGEN_BULK_RA_WB
132mode,
133.Xr select 2
134always returns true, because there is no way to predict how the device
135will respond to a read or write request.
136.Pp
137The interrupt transfer mode can be in or out depending on the
138endpoint.
139To perform IO on an interrupt endpoint
140.Xr read 2
141and
142.Xr write 2
143should be used.
144A moderate amount of buffering is done
145by the driver.
146.Pp
147All endpoints handle the following
148.Xr ioctl 2
149calls:
150.Pp
151.Bl -tag -width indent -compact
152.It Dv USB_SET_SHORT_XFER (int)
153Allow short read transfer.
154Normally a transfer from the device which is shorter than the
155request specified is reported as an error.
156.It Dv USB_SET_TIMEOUT (int)
157Set the timeout on the device operations, the time is specified
158in milliseconds.
159The value 0 is used to indicate that there is no timeout.
160.El
161.Pp
162The control endpoint (endpoint 0) handles the following
163.Xr ioctl 2
164calls:
165.Pp
166.Bl -tag -width indent -compact
167.It Dv USB_GET_CONFIG (int)
168Get the device configuration number.
169.It Dv USB_SET_CONFIG (int)
170Set the device into the given configuration number.
171.Pp
172This operation can only be performed when the control endpoint
173is the sole open endpoint.
174.It Dv USB_GET_ALTINTERFACE (struct usb_alt_interface)
175Get the alternative setting number for the interface with the given
176index.
177The
178.Dv config_index
179is ignored in this call.
180.Bd -literal
181struct usb_alt_interface {
182	int	uai_config_index;
183	int	uai_interface_index;
184	int	uai_alt_no;
185};
186.Ed
187.It Dv USB_SET_ALTINTERFACE (struct usb_alt_interface)
188Set the alternative setting to the given number in the interface with the
189given index.
190The
191.Dv uai_config_index
192is ignored in this call.
193.Pp
194This operation can only be performed when no endpoints for the interface
195are open.
196.It Dv USB_GET_NO_ALT (struct usb_alt_interface)
197Return the number of different alternate settings in the
198.Dv aui_alt_no
199field.
200.It Dv USB_GET_DEVICE_DESC (usb_device_descriptor_t)
201Return the device descriptor.
202.It Dv USB_GET_CONFIG_DESC (struct usb_config_desc)
203Return the descriptor for the configuration with the given index.
204For convenience the current configuration can be specified by
205.Dv USB_CURRENT_CONFIG_INDEX .
206.Bd -literal
207struct usb_config_desc {
208	int	ucd_config_index;
209	usb_config_descriptor_t ucd_desc;
210};
211.Ed
212.It Dv USB_GET_INTERFACE_DESC (struct usb_interface_desc)
213Return the interface descriptor for an interface specified by its
214configuration index, interface index, and alternative index.
215For convenience the current alternative can be specified by
216.Dv USB_CURRENT_ALT_INDEX .
217.Bd -literal
218struct usb_interface_desc {
219	int	uid_config_index;
220	int	uid_interface_index;
221	int	uid_alt_index;
222	usb_interface_descriptor_t uid_desc;
223};
224.Ed
225.It Dv USB_GET_ENDPOINT_DESC (struct usb_endpoint_desc)
226Return the endpoint descriptor for the endpoint specified by its
227configuration index, interface index, alternative index, and
228endpoint index.
229.Bd -literal
230struct usb_endpoint_desc {
231	int	ued_config_index;
232	int	ued_interface_index;
233	int	ued_alt_index;
234	int	ued_endpoint_index;
235	usb_endpoint_descriptor_t ued_desc;
236};
237.Ed
238.It Dv USB_GET_FULL_DESC (struct usb_full_desc)
239Return all the descriptors for the given configuration.
240.Bd -literal
241struct usb_full_desc {
242	int	ufd_config_index;
243	u_int	ufd_size;
244	u_char	*ufd_data;
245};
246.Ed
247The
248.Dv ufd_data
249field should point to a memory area of the size given in the
250.Dv ufd_size
251field.
252The proper size can be determined by first issuing a
253.Dv USB_GET_CONFIG_DESC
254and inspecting the
255.Dv wTotalLength
256field.
257.It Dv USB_GET_STRING_DESC (struct usb_string_desc)
258Get a string descriptor for the given language id and
259string index.
260.Bd -literal
261struct usb_string_desc {
262	int	usd_string_index;
263	int	usd_language_id;
264	usb_string_descriptor_t usd_desc;
265};
266.Ed
267.It Dv USB_DO_REQUEST
268Send a USB request to the device on the control endpoint.
269Any data sent to/from the device is located at
270.Dv data .
271The size of the transferred data is determined from the
272.Dv request .
273The
274.Dv ucr_addr
275field is ignored in this call.
276The
277.Dv ucr_flags
278field can be used to flag that the request is allowed to
279be shorter than the requested size, and the
280.Dv ucr_actlen
281field will contain the actual size on completion.
282.Bd -literal
283struct usb_ctl_request {
284	int	ucr_addr;
285	usb_device_request_t ucr_request;
286	void	*ucr_data;
287	int	ucr_flags;
288#define USBD_SHORT_XFER_OK	0x04	/* allow short reads */
289	int	ucr_actlen;		/* actual length transferred */
290};
291.Ed
292This is a dangerous operation in that it can perform arbitrary operations
293on the device.
294Some of the most dangerous (e.g., changing the device
295address) are not allowed.
296.It Dv USB_GET_DEVICEINFO (struct usb_device_info)
297Get an information summary for the device.
298This call will not issue any USB transactions.
299.El
300.Pp
301Bulk endpoints handle the following
302.Xr ioctl 2
303calls:
304.Pp
305.Bl -tag -width indent -compact
306.It Dv USB_SET_BULK_RA (int)
307Enable or disable bulk read-ahead.
308When enabled, the driver will begin to read data from the device into
309a buffer, and will perform reads from the device whenever there is
310room in the buffer.
311The
312.Xr read 2
313call will read data from this buffer, blocking if necessary until
314there is enough data to read the length of data requested.
315The buffer size and the read request length can be set by the
316.Dv USB_SET_BULK_RA_OPT
317.Xr ioctl 2
318call.
319.It Dv USB_SET_BULK_WB (int)
320Enable or disable bulk write-behind.
321When enabled, the driver will buffer data from the
322.Xr write 2
323call before writing it to the device, enabling the
324.Xr write 2
325call to return immediately.
326.Xr write 2
327will block if there is not enough room in the buffer for all
328the data.
329The buffer size and the write request length can be set by the
330.Dv USB_SET_BULK_WB_OPT
331.Xr ioctl 2
332call.
333.It Dv USB_SET_BULK_RA_OPT (struct usb_bulk_ra_wb_opt)
334Set the size of the buffer and the length of the read requests used by
335the driver when bulk read-ahead is enabled.
336The changes do not take
337effect until the next time bulk read-ahead is enabled.
338Read requests
339are made for the length specified, and the host controller driver
340(i.e.,
341.Xr ehci 4 ,
342.Xr ohci 4 ,
343and
344.Xr uhci 4 )
345will perform as many bus transfers as required.
346If transfers from the device should be smaller than the maximum length,
347.Dv ra_wb_request_size
348must be set to the required length.
349.Bd -literal
350struct usb_bulk_ra_wb_opt {
351	u_int	ra_wb_buffer_size;
352	u_int	ra_wb_request_size;
353};
354.Ed
355.It Dv USB_SET_BULK_WB_OPT (struct usb_bulk_ra_wb_opt)
356Set the size of the buffer and the length of the write requests used
357by the driver when bulk write-behind is enabled.
358The changes do not
359take effect until the next time bulk write-behind is enabled.
360.El
361.Pp
362Note that there are two different ways of addressing configurations, interfaces,
363alternatives, and endpoints: by index or by number.
364The index is the ordinal number (starting from 0) of the descriptor
365as presented by the device.
366The number is the respective number of
367the entity as found in its descriptor.
368Enumeration of descriptors
369use the index, getting and setting typically uses numbers.
370.Pp
371Example:
372All endpoints (except the control endpoint) for the current configuration
373can be found by iterating the
374.Dv interface_index
375from 0 to
376.Dv config_desc-\*[Gt]bNumInterface-1
377and for each of these iterating the
378.Dv endpoint_index
379from 0 to
380.Dv interface_desc-\*[Gt]bNumEndpoints .
381The
382.Dv config_index
383should set to
384.Dv USB_CURRENT_CONFIG_INDEX
385and
386.Dv alt_index
387should be set to
388.Dv USB_CURRENT_ALT_INDEX .
389.Sh FILES
390.Bl -tag -width Pa
391.It Pa /dev/ugenN.EE
392Endpoint
393.Pa EE
394of device
395.Pa N .
396.El
397.Sh SEE ALSO
398.Xr usb 4
399.Sh HISTORY
400The
401.Nm
402driver
403appeared in
404.Nx 1.4 .
405.\" .Sh BUGS
406.\" The driver is not yet finished; there is no access to isochronous endpoints.
407