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37.Dd July 12, 1998
38.Dt UHID 4
39.Os
40.Sh NAME
41.Nm uhid
42.Nd USB generic HID support
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.Cd "uhid* at uhub?"
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46The
47.Nm
48driver provides support for all HID (Human Interface Device) interfaces
49in USB devices that do not have a special driver.
50.Pp
51The device handles the following
52.Xr ioctl 2
53calls:
54.Pp
55.Bl -tag -width indent -compact
56.It Dv USB_GET_REPORT_DESC (struct usb_ctl_report_desc)
57Get the HID report descriptor.  Using
58this descriptor the exact layout and meaning of data to/from
59the device can be found.  The report descriptor is delivered
60without any processing.
61.Bd -literal
62struct usb_ctl_report_desc {
63    int     size;
64    u_char  data[1024];	/* filled data size will vary */
65};
66.Ed
67.It Dv USB_SET_IMMED (int)
68Sets the device in a mode where each
69.Xr read 2
70will return the current value of the input report.  Normally
71a
72.Xr read 2
73will only return the data that the device reports on its
74interrupt pipe.  This call may fail if the device does not support
75this feature.
76.It Dv USB_GET_REPORT (struct usb_ctl_report)
77Get a report from the device without waiting for data on
78the interrupt pipe.  The
79.Dv report
80field indicates which report is requested.  It should be
81.Dv UHID_INPUT_REPORT ,
82.Dv UHID_OUTPUT_REPORT ,
83or
84.Dv UHID_FEATURE_REPORT .
85This call may fail if the device does not support this feature.
86.Bd -literal
87struct usb_ctl_report {
88	int report;
89	u_char	data[1024];	/* used data size will vary */
90};
91.It Dv USB_SET_REPORT (struct usb_ctl_report)
92Set a report in the device.  The
93.Dv report
94field indicates which report is to be set.  It should be
95.Dv UHID_INPUT_REPORT ,
96.Dv UHID_OUTPUT_REPORT ,
97or
98.Dv UHID_FEATURE_REPORT .
99This call may fail if the device does not support this feature.
100.Ed
101.El
102.Pp
103Use
104.Xr read 2
105to get data from the device.  Data should be read in chunks of the
106size prescribed by the report descriptor.
107.Pp
108Use
109.Xr write 2
110send data to the device.  Data should be written in chunks of the
111size prescribed by the report descriptor.
112.Sh FILES
113.Bl -tag -width Pa
114.It Pa /dev/uhid?
115.El
116.Sh SEE ALSO
117.Xr usbhidctl 1 ,
118.Xr usb 3 ,
119.Xr usb 4
120.Sh HISTORY
121The
122.Nm
123driver
124appeared in
125.Nx 1.4 .
126