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37.Dd November 22, 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? flags N"
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
52Normally the
53.Nm
54driver is used when no other driver attaches to a device.
55If
56.Dq flags 1
57is specified, the
58.Nm
59will instead attach with a very high priority and always be used.
60Together with the
61.Cd vendor
62and
63.Cd product
64locators this can be used to force the
65.Nm
66driver to be used for a certain
67device.
68.Pp
69There can be up to 127 USB devices connected to a USB bus.
70Each USB device can have up to 16 endpoints.  Each of these endpoints
71will communicate in one of four different modes: control, isochronous,
72bulk, or interrupt.  Each of the endpoints will have a different
73device node.  The four least significant bits in the minor device
74number determines which endpoint the device accesses and the rest
75of the bits determines which USB device.
76.Pp
77If an endpoint address is used both for input and output the device
78can be opened for both read or write.
79.Pp
80To find out what endpoints that exist there are a series of
81.Xr ioctl 2
82operation on the control endpoint that returns the USB descriptors
83of the device, configurations, interfaces, and endpoints.
84.Pp
85The control transfer mode can only happen on the control endpoint
86which is always endpoint 0.  The control endpoint accepts request
87and may respond with an answer to such request.  Control request
88are issued by
89.Xr ioctl 2
90calls.
91.\" .Pp
92.\" The isochronous transfer mode can be in or out depending on the
93.\" endpoint.  To perform IO on an isochronous endpoint
94.\" .Xr read 2
95.\" and
96.\" .Xr write 2
97.\" should be used.
98.\" Before any IO operations can take place the transfer rate in
99.\" bytes/second has to be set.  This is done with
100.\" .Xr ioctl 2
101.\" .Dv USB_SET_ISO_RATE .
102.\" Performing this call sets up a buffer corresponding to
103.\" about 1 second of data.
104.Pp
105The bulk transfer mode can be in or out depending on the
106endpoint.  To 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 unbuffered.
112.Pp
113The interrupt transfer mode can be in or out depending on the
114endpoint.
115To perform IO on an interrupt endpoint
116.Xr read 2
117and
118.Xr write 2
119should be used.
120A moderate amount of buffering is done
121by the driver.
122.Pp
123All endpoints handle the following
124.Xr ioctl 2
125calls:
126.Pp
127.Bl -tag -width indent -compact
128.It Dv USB_SET_SHORT_XFER (int)
129Allow short read transfer.  Normally a transfer from the device
130which is shorter than the request specified is reported as an
131error.
132.It Dv USB_SET_TIMEOUT (int)
133Set the timeout on the device operations, the time is specified
134in milliseconds.  The value 0 is used to indicate that there is
135no timeout.
136.El
137.Pp
138The control endpoint (endpoint 0) handles the following
139.Xr ioctl 2
140calls:
141.Pp
142.Bl -tag -width indent -compact
143.It Dv USB_GET_CONFIG (int)
144Get the device configuration number.
145.It Dv USB_SET_CONFIG (int)
146Set the device into the given configuration number.
147.br
148This operation can only be performed when the control endpoint
149is the sole open endpoint.
150.It Dv USB_GET_ALTINTERFACE (struct usb_alt_interface)
151Get the alternative setting number for the interface with the given
152index.
153The
154.Dv config_index
155is ignored in this call.
156.Bd -literal
157struct usb_alt_interface {
158	int	uai_config_index;
159	int	aui_interface_index;
160	int	uai_alt_no;
161};
162.Ed
163.It Dv USB_SET_ALTINTERFACE (struct usb_alt_interface)
164Set the alternative setting to the given number in the interface with the
165given index.
166The
167.Dv uai_config_index
168is ignored in this call.
169.br
170This operation can only be performed when no endpoints for the interface
171are open.
172.It Dv USB_GET_NO_ALT (struct usb_alt_interface)
173Return the number of different alternate settings in the
174.Dv aui_alt_no
175field.
176.It Dv USB_GET_DEVICE_DESC (usb_device_descriptor_t)
177Return the device descriptor.
178.It Dv USB_GET_CONFIG_DESC (struct usb_config_desc)
179Return the descriptor for the configuration with the given index.
180For convenience the current configuration can be specified by
181.Dv USB_CURRENT_CONFIG_INDEX .
182.Bd -literal
183struct usb_config_desc {
184	int	ucd_config_index;
185	usb_config_descriptor_t ucd_desc;
186};
187.Ed
188.It Dv USB_GET_INTERFACE_DESC (struct usb_interface_desc)
189Return the interface descriptor for an interface specified by its
190configuration index, interface index, and alternative index.
191For convenience the current alternative can be specified by
192.Dv USB_CURRENT_ALT_INDEX .
193.Bd -literal
194struct usb_interface_desc {
195	int	uid_config_index;
196	int	uid_interface_index;
197	int	uid_alt_index;
198	usb_interface_descriptor_t uid_desc;
199};
200.Ed
201.It Dv USB_GET_ENDPOINT_DESC (struct usb_endpoint_desc)
202Return the endpoint descriptor for the endpoint specified by its
203configuration index, interface index, alternative index, and
204endpoint index.
205.Bd -literal
206struct usb_endpoint_desc {
207	int	ued_config_index;
208	int	ued_interface_index;
209	int	ued_alt_index;
210	int	ued_endpoint_index;
211	usb_endpoint_descriptor_t ued_desc;
212};
213.Ed
214.It Dv USB_GET_FULL_DESC (struct usb_full_desc)
215Return all the descriptors for the given configuration.
216.Bd -literal
217struct usb_full_desc {
218	int	ufd_config_index;
219	u_int	ufd_size;
220	u_char	*ufd_data;
221};
222.Ed
223The
224.Dv ufd_data
225field should point to a memory area of the size given in the
226.Dv ufd_size
227field.  The proper size can be determined by first issuing a
228.Dv USB_GET_CONFIG_DESC
229and inspecting the
230.Dv wTotalLength
231field.
232.It Dv USB_GET_STRING_DESC (struct usb_string_desc)
233Get a string descriptor for the given language id and
234string index.
235.Bd -literal
236struct usb_string_desc {
237	int	usd_string_index;
238	int	usd_language_id;
239	usb_string_descriptor_t usd_desc;
240};
241.Ed
242.It Dv USB_DO_REQUEST
243Send a USB request to the device on the control endpoint.
244Any data sent to/from the device is located at
245.Dv data .
246The size of the transferred data is determined from the
247.Dv request .
248The
249.Dv ucr_addr
250field is ignored in this call.
251The
252.Dv ucr_flags
253field can be used to flag that the request is allowed to
254be shorter than the requested size, and the
255.Dv ucr_actlen
256field will contain the actual size on completion.
257.Bd -literal
258struct usb_ctl_request {
259	int	ucr_addr;
260	usb_device_request_t ucr_request;
261	void	*ucr_data;
262	int	ucr_flags;
263#define USBD_SHORT_XFER_OK	0x04	/* allow short reads */
264	int	ucr_actlen;		/* actual length transferred */
265};
266.Ed
267This is a dangerous operation in that it can perform arbitrary operations
268on the device.  Some of the most dangerous (e.g., changing the device
269address) are not allowed.
270.It Dv USB_GET_DEVICEINFO (struct usb_device_info)
271Get an information summary for the device.  This call will not
272issue any USB transactions.
273.El
274.Pp
275Note that there are two different ways of addressing configurations, interfaces,
276alternatives, and endpoints: by index or by number.
277The index is the ordinal number (starting from 0) of the descriptor
278as presented by the device.  The number is the respective number of
279the entity as found in its descriptor.  Enumeration of descriptors
280use the index, getting and setting typically uses numbers.
281.Pp
282Example:
283All endpoints (except the control endpoint) for the current configuration
284can be found by iterating the
285.Dv interface_index
286from 0 to
287.Dv config_desc-\*[Gt]bNumInterface-1
288and for each of these iterating the
289.Dv endpoint_index
290from 0 to
291.Dv interface_desc-\*[Gt]bNumEndpoints .
292The
293.Dv config_index
294should set to
295.Dv USB_CURRENT_CONFIG_INDEX
296and
297.Dv alt_index
298should be set to
299.Dv USB_CURRENT_ALT_INDEX .
300.Sh FILES
301.Bl -tag -width Pa
302.It Pa /dev/ugenN.EE
303Endpoint
304.Pa EE
305of device
306.Pa N .
307.El
308.Sh SEE ALSO
309.Xr usb 4
310.Sh HISTORY
311The
312.Nm
313driver
314appeared in
315.Nx 1.4 .
316.\" .Sh BUGS
317.\" The driver is not yet finished; there is no access to isochronous endpoints.
318