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37.Dd April 29, 2005
38.Dt UGEN 4
39.Os
40.Sh NAME
41.Nm ugen
42.Nd USB generic device support
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.Cd "ugen* at uhub?"
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46The
47.Nm
48driver provides support for all USB devices that do not have
49a special driver.  It supports access to all parts of the device,
50but not in a way that is as convenient as a special purpose driver.
51.Pp
52There can be up to 127 USB devices connected to a USB bus.
53Each USB device can have up to 16 endpoints.  Each of these endpoints
54will communicate in one of four different modes: control, isochronous,
55bulk, or interrupt.  Each of the endpoints will have a different
56device node.  The four least significant bits in the minor device
57number determines which endpoint the device accesses and the rest
58of the bits determines which USB device.
59.Pp
60If an endpoint address is used both for input and output the device
61can be opened for both read or write.
62.Pp
63To find out what endpoints that exist there are a series of
64.Xr ioctl 2
65operation on the control endpoint that returns the USB descriptors
66of the device, configurations, interfaces, and endpoints.
67.Pp
68The control transfer mode can only happen on the control endpoint
69which is always endpoint 0.  The control endpoint accepts request
70and may respond with an answer to such request.  Control request
71are issued by
72.Xr ioctl 2
73calls.
74.\" .Pp
75.\" The isochronous transfer mode can be in or out depending on the
76.\" endpoint.  To perform IO on an isochronous endpoint
77.\" .Xr read 2
78.\" and
79.\" .Xr write 2
80.\" should be used.
81.\" Before any IO operations can take place the transfer rate in
82.\" bytes/second has to be set.  This is done with
83.\" .Xr ioctl 2
84.\" .Dv USB_SET_ISO_RATE .
85.\" Performing this call sets up a buffer corresponding to
86.\" about 1 second of data.
87.Pp
88The bulk transfer mode can be in or out depending on the
89endpoint.  To perform IO on a bulk endpoint
90.Xr read 2
91and
92.Xr write 2
93should be used.
94All IO operations on a bulk endpoint are unbuffered.
95.Pp
96The interrupt transfer mode can be in or out depending on the
97endpoint.
98To perform IO on an interrupt endpoint
99.Xr read 2
100and
101.Xr write 2
102should be used.
103A moderate amount of buffering is done
104by the driver.
105.Pp
106All endpoints handle the following
107.Xr ioctl 2
108calls:
109.Pp
110.Bl -tag -width indent -compact
111.It Dv USB_SET_SHORT_XFER (int)
112Allow short read transfer.  Normally a transfer from the device
113which is shorter than the request specified is reported as an
114error.
115.It Dv USB_SET_TIMEOUT (int)
116Set the timeout on the device operations, the time is specified
117in milliseconds.  The value 0 is used to indicate that there is
118no timeout.
119.El
120.Pp
121The control endpoint (endpoint 0) handles the following
122.Xr ioctl 2
123calls:
124.Pp
125.Bl -tag -width indent -compact
126.It Dv USB_GET_CONFIG (int)
127Get the device configuration number.
128.It Dv USB_SET_CONFIG (int)
129Set the device into the given configuration number.
130.br
131This operation can only be performed when the control endpoint
132is the sole open endpoint.
133.It Dv USB_GET_ALTINTERFACE (struct usb_alt_interface)
134Get the alternative setting number for the interface with the given
135index.
136The
137.Dv config_index
138is ignored in this call.
139.Bd -literal
140struct usb_alt_interface {
141	int	uai_config_index;
142	int	aui_interface_index;
143	int	uai_alt_no;
144};
145.Ed
146.It Dv USB_SET_ALTINTERFACE (struct usb_alt_interface)
147Set the alternative setting to the given number in the interface with the
148given index.
149The
150.Dv uai_config_index
151is ignored in this call.
152.br
153This operation can only be performed when no endpoints for the interface
154are open.
155.It Dv USB_GET_NO_ALT (struct usb_alt_interface)
156Return the number of different alternate settings in the
157.Dv aui_alt_no
158field.
159.It Dv USB_GET_DEVICE_DESC (usb_device_descriptor_t)
160Return the device descriptor.
161.It Dv USB_GET_CONFIG_DESC (struct usb_config_desc)
162Return the descriptor for the configuration with the given index.
163For convenience the current configuration can be specified by
164.Dv USB_CURRENT_CONFIG_INDEX .
165.Bd -literal
166struct usb_config_desc {
167	int	ucd_config_index;
168	usb_config_descriptor_t ucd_desc;
169};
170.Ed
171.It Dv USB_GET_INTERFACE_DESC (struct usb_interface_desc)
172Return the interface descriptor for an interface specified by its
173configuration index, interface index, and alternative index.
174For convenience the current alternative can be specified by
175.Dv USB_CURRENT_ALT_INDEX .
176.Bd -literal
177struct usb_interface_desc {
178	int	uid_config_index;
179	int	uid_interface_index;
180	int	uid_alt_index;
181	usb_interface_descriptor_t uid_desc;
182};
183.Ed
184.It Dv USB_GET_ENDPOINT_DESC (struct usb_endpoint_desc)
185Return the endpoint descriptor for the endpoint specified by its
186configuration index, interface index, alternative index, and
187endpoint index.
188.Bd -literal
189struct usb_endpoint_desc {
190	int	ued_config_index;
191	int	ued_interface_index;
192	int	ued_alt_index;
193	int	ued_endpoint_index;
194	usb_endpoint_descriptor_t ued_desc;
195};
196.Ed
197.It Dv USB_GET_FULL_DESC (struct usb_full_desc)
198Return all the descriptors for the given configuration.
199.Bd -literal
200struct usb_full_desc {
201	int	ufd_config_index;
202	u_int	ufd_size;
203	u_char	*ufd_data;
204};
205.Ed
206The
207.Dv ufd_data
208field should point to a memory area of the size given in the
209.Dv ufd_size
210field.  The proper size can be determined by first issuing a
211.Dv USB_GET_CONFIG_DESC
212and inspecting the
213.Dv wTotalLength
214field.
215.It Dv USB_GET_STRING_DESC (struct usb_string_desc)
216Get a string descriptor for the given language id and
217string index.
218.Bd -literal
219struct usb_string_desc {
220	int	usd_string_index;
221	int	usd_language_id;
222	usb_string_descriptor_t usd_desc;
223};
224.Ed
225.It Dv USB_DO_REQUEST
226Send a USB request to the device on the control endpoint.
227Any data sent to/from the device is located at
228.Dv data .
229The size of the transferred data is determined from the
230.Dv request .
231The
232.Dv ucr_addr
233field is ignored in this call.
234The
235.Dv ucr_flags
236field can be used to flag that the request is allowed to
237be shorter than the requested size, and the
238.Dv ucr_actlen
239field will contain the actual size on completion.
240.Bd -literal
241struct usb_ctl_request {
242	int	ucr_addr;
243	usb_device_request_t ucr_request;
244	void	*ucr_data;
245	int	ucr_flags;
246#define USBD_SHORT_XFER_OK	0x04	/* allow short reads */
247	int	ucr_actlen;		/* actual length transferred */
248};
249.Ed
250This is a dangerous operation in that it can perform arbitrary operations
251on the device.  Some of the most dangerous (e.g., changing the device
252address) are not allowed.
253.It Dv USB_GET_DEVICEINFO (struct usb_device_info)
254Get an information summary for the device.  This call will not
255issue any USB transactions.
256.El
257.Pp
258Note that there are two different ways of addressing configurations, interfaces,
259alternatives, and endpoints: by index or by number.
260The index is the ordinal number (starting from 0) of the descriptor
261as presented by the device.  The number is the respective number of
262the entity as found in its descriptor.  Enumeration of descriptors
263use the index, getting and setting typically uses numbers.
264.Pp
265Example:
266All endpoints (except the control endpoint) for the current configuration
267can be found by iterating the
268.Dv interface_index
269from 0 to
270.Dv config_desc-\*[Gt]bNumInterface-1
271and for each of these iterating the
272.Dv endpoint_index
273from 0 to
274.Dv interface_desc-\*[Gt]bNumEndpoints .
275The
276.Dv config_index
277should set to
278.Dv USB_CURRENT_CONFIG_INDEX
279and
280.Dv alt_index
281should be set to
282.Dv USB_CURRENT_ALT_INDEX .
283.Sh FILES
284.Bl -tag -width Pa
285.It Pa /dev/ugenN.EE
286Endpoint
287.Pa EE
288of device
289.Pa N .
290.El
291.Sh SEE ALSO
292.Xr usb 4
293.Sh HISTORY
294The
295.Nm
296driver
297appeared in
298.Nx 1.4 .
299.\" .Sh BUGS
300.\" The driver is not yet finished; there is no access to isochronous endpoints.
301