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30.Dd January 29, 2020
31.Dt USB 4
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm usb
35.Nd Universal Serial Bus driver
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.Cd "ehci*   at cardbus? function ?"
38.Cd "ehci*   at pci? dev ? function ?"
39.Cd "ohci*   at cardbus? function ?"
40.Cd "ohci*   at pci? dev ? function ?"
41.Cd "xhci*   at pci? dev ? function ?"
42.Cd "slhci*  at isa? port ? irq ?"
43.Cd "slhci*  at pcmcia? function ?"
44.Cd "uhci*   at cardbus? function ?"
45.Cd "uhci*   at pci? dev ? function ?"
46.Cd "usb*    at ehci?"
47.Cd "usb*    at ohci?"
48.Cd "usb*    at uhci?"
49.Cd "usb*    at slhci?"
50.Cd "uhub*   at usb?"
51.Cd "uhub*   at uhub? port ? configuration ? interface ? vendor ? product ? release ?"
52.Cd "XX*     at uhub? port ? configuration ? interface ? vendor ? product ? release ?"
53.Pp
54.Cd options USBVERBOSE
55.Pp
56.In dev/usb/usb.h
57.In dev/usb/usbhid.h
58.Sh DESCRIPTION
59.Nx
60provides machine-independent bus support and drivers for USB devices.
61.Pp
62The
63.Nx
64.Nm
65driver has three layers (like
66.Xr scsi 4
67and
68.Xr pcmcia 4 ) :
69the controller, the bus, and the device layer.
70The controller attaches to a physical bus (like
71.Xr pci 4 ) .
72The USB bus attaches to the controller and the root hub attaches
73to the bus.
74Further devices, which may include further hubs,
75attach to other hubs.
76The attachment forms the same tree structure as the physical
77USB device tree.
78For each USB device there may be additional drivers attached to it.
79.Pp
80The
81.Cm uhub
82device controls USB hubs and must always be present since there is
83at least a root hub in any USB system.
84.Pp
85.Nx
86supports the following machine-independent USB drivers:
87.Ss Storage devices
88.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset ind -compact
89.It Xr umass 4
90USB Mass Storage Devices, e.g., external disk drives
91.El
92.Ss Wired network interfaces
93.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset ind -compact
94.It Xr aue 4
95ADMtek AN986/ADM8511 Pegasus family 10/100 USB Ethernet device
96.It Xr axe 4
97ASIX Electronics AX88172/AX88178/AX88772 10/100/Gigabit USB Ethernet device
98.It Xr axen 4
99ASIX Electronics AX88178a/AX88179 10/100/Gigabit USB Ethernet device
100.It Xr cdce 4
101USB Communication Device Class Ethernet device
102.It Xr cue 4
103CATC USB-EL1201A USB Ethernet device
104.It Xr kue 4
105Kawasaki LSI KL5KUSB101B USB Ethernet device
106.It Xr udav 4
107Davicom DM9601 10/100 USB Ethernet device
108.It Xr url 4
109Realtek RTL8150L 10/100 USB Ethernet device
110.It Xr urndis 4
111USB Remote NDIS Ethernet device
112.El
113.Ss Wireless network interfaces
114.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset ind -compact
115.It Xr atu 4
116Atmel AT76C50x IEEE 802.11b wireless network device
117.It Xr ral 4
118Ralink Technology USB IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network device
119.It Xr rum 4
120Ralink Technology USB IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless network device
121.It Xr run 4
122Ralink Technology USB IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n wireless network device
123.It Xr ubt 4
124USB Bluetooth dongles
125.It Xr upgt 4
126Conexant/Intersil PrismGT SoftMAC USB 802.11b/g wireless network device
127.It Xr urtwn 4
128Realtek RTL8188CU/RTL8192CU USB IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless network device
129.It Xr zyd 4
130ZyDAS ZD1211/ZD1211B USB IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network device
131.El
132.Ss Serial and parallel interfaces
133.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset ind -compact
134.It Xr ubsa 4
135Belkin USB serial adapter
136.It Xr uchcom 4
137WinChipHead CH341/340 based USB serial adapter
138.It Xr ucom 4
139USB tty support
140.It Xr ucycom 4
141Cypress microcontroller based USB serial adapter
142.It Xr uftdi 4
143FT8U100AX USB serial adapter
144.It Xr ugensa 4
145USB generic serial adapter
146.It Xr uhmodem 4
147USB Huawei 3G wireless modem device
148.It Xr uipaq 4
149iPAQ USB units
150.It Xr ukyopon 4
151USB Kyocera AIR-EDGE PHONE device
152.It Xr ulpt 4
153USB printer support
154.It Xr umct 4
155MCT USB-RS232 USB serial adapter
156.It Xr umodem 4
157USB modem support
158.It Xr uplcom 4
159Prolific PL-2303 USB serial adapter
160.It Xr uslsa 4
161Silicon Laboratories CP2101/CP2102 based USB serial adapter
162.It Xr uvisor 4
163USB Handspring Visor
164.It Xr uvscom 4
165SUNTAC Slipper U VS-10U USB serial adapter
166.El
167.Ss Audio devices
168.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset ind -compact
169.It Xr uaudio 4
170USB audio devices
171.It Xr umidi 4
172USB MIDI devices
173.El
174.Ss Radio receiver devices
175.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset ind -compact
176.It Xr udsbr 4
177D-Link DSB-R100 USB radio device
178.El
179.Ss Human Interface Devices
180.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset ind -compact
181.It Xr uhid 4
182Generic driver for Human Interface Devices
183.It Xr uhidev 4
184Base driver for all Human Interface Devices
185.It Xr ukbd 4
186USB keyboards that follow the boot protocol
187.It Xr ums 4
188USB mouse devices
189.El
190.Ss Miscellaneous devices
191.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset ind -compact
192.It Xr stuirda 4
193Sigmaltel 4116/4220 USB-IrDA bridge
194.It Xr uberry 4
195Battery charging RIM BlackBerry phones via USB
196.\" .It Xr udsir 4
197.\" KingSun/DonShine USB IrDA bridge
198.It Xr uep 4
199USB eGalax touch-panel
200.It Xr ugen 4
201USB generic devices
202.It Xr uipad 4
203Battery charging iOS devices via USB
204.It Xr uirda 4
205USB IrDA bridges
206.It Xr upl 4
207Prolific based host-to-host adapters
208.It Xr uscanner 4
209USB scanner support
210.It Xr usscanner 4
211SCSI-over-USB scanners
212.It Xr ustir 4
213SigmaTel STIr4200 USB IrDA bridges
214.It Xr utoppy 4
215Topfield TF5000PVR range of digital video recorders
216.It Xr uyap 4
217USB YAP phone firmware loader
218.El
219.Sh INTRODUCTION TO USB
220The USB 1.x is a 12 Mb/s serial bus with 1.5 Mb/s for low speed devices.
221USB 2.x handles 480 Mb/s.
222Each USB has a host controller that is the master of the bus;
223all other devices on the bus only speak when spoken to.
224.Pp
225There can be up to 127 devices (apart from the host controller)
226on a bus, each with its own address.
227The addresses are assigned
228dynamically by the host when each device is attached to the bus.
229.Pp
230Within each device there can be up to 16 endpoints.
231Each endpoint
232is individually addressed and the addresses are static.
233Each of these endpoints will communicate in one of four different modes:
234control, isochronous, bulk, or interrupt.
235A device always has at least one endpoint.
236This endpoint has address 0 and is a control
237endpoint and is used to give commands to and extract basic data,
238such as descriptors, from the device.
239Each endpoint, except the control endpoint, is unidirectional.
240.Pp
241The endpoints in a device are grouped into interfaces.
242An interface is a logical unit within a device; e.g.,
243a compound device with both a keyboard and a trackball would present
244one interface for each.
245An interface can sometimes be set into different modes,
246called alternate settings, which affects how it operates.
247Different alternate settings can have different endpoints
248within it.
249.Pp
250A device may operate in different configurations.
251Depending on the
252configuration the device may present different sets of endpoints
253and interfaces.
254.Pp
255Each device located on a hub has several
256.Xr config 1
257locators:
258.Bl -tag -compact -width xxxxxxxxx
259.It Cd port
260this is the number of the port on closest upstream hub.
261.It Cd configuration
262this is the configuration the device must be in for this driver to attach.
263This locator does not set the configuration; it is iterated by the bus
264enumeration.
265.It Cd interface
266this is the interface number within a device that an interface driver
267attaches to.
268.It Cd vendor
269this is the 16 bit vendor id of the device.
270.It Cd product
271this is the 16 bit product id of the device.
272.It Cd release
273this is the 16 bit release (revision) number of the device.
274.El
275The first locator can be used to pin down a particular device
276according to its physical position in the device tree.
277The last three locators can be used to pin down a particular
278device according to what device it actually is.
279.Pp
280The bus enumeration of the USB bus proceeds in several steps:
281.Bl -enum
282.It
283Any device specific driver can attach to the device.
284.It
285If none is found, any device class specific driver can attach.
286.It
287If none is found, all configurations are iterated over.
288For each configuration all the interface are iterated over and interface
289drivers can attach.
290If any interface driver attached in a certain
291configuration the iteration over configurations is stopped.
292.It
293If still no drivers have been found, the generic USB driver can attach.
294.El
295.Sh USB CONTROLLER INTERFACE
296Use the following to get access to the USB specific structures and defines.
297.Bd -literal
298#include <dev/usb/usb.h>
299.Ed
300.Pp
301The
302.Pa /dev/usbN
303can be opened and a few operations can be performed on it.
304The
305.Xr poll 2
306system call will say that I/O is possible on the controller device when a
307USB device has been connected or disconnected to the bus.
308.Pp
309The following
310.Xr ioctl 2
311commands are supported on the controller device:
312.Bl -tag -width xxxxxx
313.\" .It Dv USB_DISCOVER
314.\" This command will cause a complete bus discovery to be initiated.
315.\" If any devices attached or detached from the bus they will be
316.\" processed during this command.
317.\" This is the only way that new devices are found on the bus.
318.It Dv USB_DEVICEINFO Fa "struct usb_device_info"
319This command can be used to retrieve some information about a device
320on the bus.
321The
322.Va addr
323field should be filled before the call and the other fields will
324be filled by information about the device on that address.
325Should no such device exist an error is reported.
326.Bd -literal
327struct usb_device_info {
328	uint8_t	udi_bus;
329	uint8_t	udi_addr;
330	usb_event_cookie_t udi_cookie;
331	char		udi_product[USB_MAX_ENCODED_STRING_LEN];
332	char		udi_vendor[USB_MAX_ENCODED_STRING_LEN];
333	char		udi_release[8];
334	char		udi_serial[USB_MAX_ENCODED_STRING_LEN];
335	uint16_t	udi_productNo;
336	uint16_t	udi_vendorNo;
337	uint16_t	udi_releaseNo;
338	uint8_t	udi_class;
339	uint8_t	udi_subclass;
340	uint8_t	udi_protocol;
341	uint8_t	udi_config;
342	uint8_t	udi_speed;
343#define USB_SPEED_LOW  1
344#define USB_SPEED_FULL 2
345#define USB_SPEED_HIGH 3
346	int		udi_power;
347	int		udi_nports;
348	char		udi_devnames[USB_MAX_DEVNAMES][USB_MAX_DEVNAMELEN];
349	uint8_t	udi_ports[16];
350#define USB_PORT_ENABLED 0xff
351#define USB_PORT_SUSPENDED 0xfe
352#define USB_PORT_POWERED 0xfd
353#define USB_PORT_DISABLED 0xfc
354};
355.Ed
356.Pp
357The
358.Va product ,
359.Va vendor ,
360.Va release ,
361and
362.Va serial
363fields contain self-explanatory descriptions of the device.
364.Pp
365The
366.Va class
367field contains the device class.
368.Pp
369The
370.Va config
371field shows the current configuration of the device.
372.Pp
373The
374.Va lowspeed
375field
376is set if the device is a USB low speed device.
377.Pp
378The
379.Va power
380field shows the power consumption in milli-amps drawn at 5 volts,
381or zero if the device is self powered.
382.Pp
383If the device is a hub the
384.Va nports
385field is non-zero and the
386.Va ports
387field contains the addresses of the connected devices.
388If no device is connected to a port one of the
389.Va USB_PORT_*
390values indicates its status.
391.It Dv USB_DEVICESTATS Fa "struct usb_device_stats"
392This command retrieves statistics about the controller.
393.Bd -literal
394struct usb_device_stats {
395	u_long	uds_requests[4];
396};
397.Ed
398.Pp
399The
400.Va requests
401field is indexed by the transfer kind, i.e.
402.Va UE_* ,
403and indicates how many transfers of each kind have been completed
404by the controller.
405.It Dv USB_REQUEST Fa "struct usb_ctl_request"
406This command can be used to execute arbitrary requests on the control pipe.
407This is
408.Em DANGEROUS
409and should be used with great care since it
410can destroy the bus integrity.
411.El
412.Pp
413The include file
414.In dev/usb/usb.h
415contains definitions for the types used by the various
416.Xr ioctl 2
417calls.
418The naming convention of the fields for the various USB
419descriptors exactly follows the naming in the USB specification.
420Byte sized fields can be accessed directly, but word (16 bit)
421sized fields must be access by the
422.Fn UGETW field
423and
424.Fn USETW field value
425macros to handle byte order and alignment properly.
426.Pp
427The include file
428.In dev/usb/usbhid.h
429similarly contains the definitions for
430Human Interface Devices (HID).
431.Sh USB EVENT INTERFACE
432All USB events are reported via the
433.Pa /dev/usb
434device.
435This devices can be opened for reading and each
436.Xr read 2
437will yield an event record (if something has happened).
438The
439.Xr poll 2
440system call can be used to determine if an event record is available
441for reading.
442.Pp
443The event record has the following definition:
444.Bd -literal
445struct usb_event {
446        int                                 ue_type;
447#define USB_EVENT_CTRLR_ATTACH 1
448#define USB_EVENT_CTRLR_DETACH 2
449#define USB_EVENT_DEVICE_ATTACH 3
450#define USB_EVENT_DEVICE_DETACH 4
451#define USB_EVENT_DRIVER_ATTACH 5
452#define USB_EVENT_DRIVER_DETACH 6
453        struct timespec                     ue_time;
454        union {
455                struct {
456                        int                 ue_bus;
457                } ue_ctrlr;
458                struct usb_device_info      ue_device;
459                struct {
460                        usb_event_cookie_t  ue_cookie;
461                        char                ue_devname[16];
462                } ue_driver;
463        } u;
464};
465.Ed
466.Pp
467The
468.Va ue_type
469field identifies the type of event that is described.
470The possible events are attach/detach of a host controller,
471a device, or a device driver.
472The union contains information
473pertinent to the different types of events.
474.Pp
475The
476.Va ue_bus
477contains the number of the USB bus for host controller events.
478.Pp
479The
480.Va ue_device
481record contains information about the device in a device event event.
482.Pp
483The
484.Va ue_cookie
485is an opaque value that uniquely determines which
486device a device driver has been attached to (i.e., it equals
487the cookie value in the device that the driver attached to).
488The
489.Va ue_devname
490contains the name of the device (driver) as seen in, e.g.,
491kernel messages.
492.Pp
493Note that there is a separation between device and device
494driver events.
495A device event is generated when a physical
496USB device is attached or detached.
497A single USB device may
498have zero, one, or many device drivers associated with it.
499.Sh KERNEL THREADS
500For each USB bus, i.e., for each host controller, there is
501a kernel thread that handles attach and detach of devices on
502that bus.
503The thread is named
504.Va usbN
505where
506.Va N
507is the bus number.
508.Pp
509In addition there is a kernel thread,
510.Va usbtask ,
511which handles various minor tasks that are initiated from
512an interrupt context, but need to sleep, e.g., time-out
513abort of transfers.
514.Sh SEE ALSO
515.Xr usbhidaction 1 ,
516.Xr usbhidctl 1 ,
517.Xr cardbus 4 ,
518.Xr ehci 4 ,
519.Xr isa 4 ,
520.Xr ohci 4 ,
521.Xr pci 4 ,
522.Xr pcmcia 4 ,
523.Xr slhci 4 ,
524.Xr uhci 4 ,
525.Xr xhci 4 ,
526.Xr usbdevs 8
527.Rs
528.%T Universal Serial Bus Specifications Documents
529.%U http://www.usb.org/developers/docs/
530.Re
531.Sh HISTORY
532The
533.Nm
534driver
535appeared in
536.Nx 1.4 .
537.Sh BUGS
538There should be a serial number locator, but
539.Nx
540does not have string valued locators.
541