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31.Dd $Mdocdate: March 31 2022 $
32.Dt UGEN 4
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm ugen
36.Nd USB generic device support
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.Cd "ugen* at uhub?"
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, but not in a way that is as
45convenient as a special purpose driver.
46.Pp
47There can be up to 127 USB devices connected to a USB bus.
48Each USB device can have up to 16 endpoints.
49Each of these endpoints will communicate in one of four different modes:
50control, isochronous, bulk, or interrupt.
51Each of the endpoints will have a different device node.
52The four least significant bits in the minor device number determine which
53endpoint the device accesses and the rest of the bits determine which
54USB device.
55.Pp
56If an endpoint address is used both for input and output, the device
57can be opened for both read or write.
58.Pp
59To find out what endpoints exist there are a series of
60.Xr ioctl 2
61operations available for the control endpoint that return the USB descriptors
62of the device, configurations, interfaces, and endpoints.
63.Pp
64The control transfer mode can only happen on the control endpoint,
65which is always endpoint 0.
66Control requests are issued by
67.Xr ioctl 2
68calls.
69.\" .Pp
70.\" The isochronous transfer mode can be in or out depending on the
71.\" endpoint.  To perform I/O on an isochronous endpoint
72.\" .Xr read 2
73.\" and
74.\" .Xr write 2
75.\" should be used.
76.\" Before any I/O operations can take place, the transfer rate in
77.\" bytes/second has to be set.  This is done with
78.\" .Xr ioctl 2
79.\" .Dv USB_SET_ISO_RATE .
80.\" Performing this call sets up a buffer corresponding to
81.\" about 1 second of data.
82.Pp
83The bulk transfer mode can be in or out depending on the
84endpoint.
85To perform I/O on a bulk endpoint
86.Xr read 2
87and
88.Xr write 2
89should be used.
90All I/O operations on a bulk endpoint are unbuffered.
91.Pp
92The interrupt transfer mode can only be in.
93To perform input from an interrupt endpoint
94.Xr read 2
95should be used.
96A moderate amount of buffering is done by the driver.
97.Pp
98All endpoints handle the following
99.Xr ioctl 2
100calls:
101.Pp
102.Bl -tag -width indent -compact
103.It Dv USB_SET_SHORT_XFER (int)
104Allow short read transfer.
105Normally a transfer from the device which is shorter than the request
106specified is reported as an error.
107.Pp
108.It Dv USB_SET_TIMEOUT (int)
109Set the timeout on the device operations, the time is specified
110in milliseconds.
111The value 0 is used to indicate that there is no timeout.
112.El
113.Pp
114The control endpoint (endpoint 0) handles the following
115.Xr ioctl 2
116calls:
117.Pp
118.Bl -tag -width indent -compact
119.It Dv USB_GET_CONFIG (int)
120Get the device configuration number.
121.Pp
122.It Dv USB_SET_CONFIG (int)
123Set the device into the given configuration number.
124This operation can only be performed when the control endpoint
125is the sole open endpoint.
126.Pp
127.It Dv USB_GET_ALTINTERFACE (struct usb_alt_interface)
128Get the alternative setting number for the interface with the given
129index.
130The
131.Fa uai_config_index
132is ignored in this call.
133.Bd -literal
134struct usb_alt_interface {
135	int	uai_config_index;
136	int	uai_interface_index;
137	int	uai_alt_no;
138};
139.Ed
140.Pp
141.It Dv USB_SET_ALTINTERFACE (struct usb_alt_interface)
142Set the alternative setting to the given number in the interface with the
143given index.
144The
145.Fa uai_config_index
146is ignored in this call.
147.Pp
148This operation can only be performed when no endpoints for the interface
149are open.
150.Pp
151.It Dv USB_GET_NO_ALT (struct usb_alt_interface)
152Return the number of different alternate settings in the
153.Fa uai_alt_no
154field.
155.Pp
156.It Dv USB_GET_DEVICE_DESC (usb_device_descriptor_t)
157Return the device descriptor.
158.Pp
159.It Dv USB_GET_CONFIG_DESC (struct usb_config_desc)
160Return the descriptor for the configuration with the given index.
161For convenience the current configuration can be specified by
162.Dv USB_CURRENT_CONFIG_INDEX .
163.Bd -literal
164struct usb_config_desc {
165	int	ucd_config_index;
166	usb_config_descriptor_t ucd_desc;
167};
168.Ed
169.Pp
170.It Dv USB_GET_INTERFACE_DESC (struct usb_interface_desc)
171Return the interface descriptor for an interface specified by its
172configuration index, interface index, and alternative index.
173For convenience the current alternative can be specified by
174.Dv USB_CURRENT_ALT_INDEX .
175.Bd -literal
176struct usb_interface_desc {
177	int	uid_config_index;
178	int	uid_interface_index;
179	int	uid_alt_index;
180	usb_interface_descriptor_t uid_desc;
181};
182.Ed
183.Pp
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.Pp
198.It Dv USB_GET_FULL_DESC (struct usb_full_desc)
199Return all the descriptors for the given configuration.
200.Bd -literal
201struct usb_full_desc {
202	int	ufd_config_index;
203	u_int	ufd_size;
204	u_char	*ufd_data;
205};
206.Ed
207.Pp
208The
209.Fa ufd_data
210field should point to a memory area of the size given in the
211.Fa ufd_size
212field.
213The proper size can be determined by first issuing a
214.Dv USB_GET_CONFIG_DESC
215and inspecting the
216.Fa wTotalLength
217field.
218.Pp
219.It Dv USB_DO_REQUEST
220Send a USB request to the device on the control endpoint.
221Any data sent to/from the device is located at
222.Fa ucr_data .
223The size of the transferred data is determined from the
224.Fa ucr_request .
225The
226.Fa ucr_addr
227field is ignored in this call.
228.Bd -literal
229struct usb_ctl_request {
230	int	ucr_addr;
231	usb_device_request_t ucr_request;
232	void	*ucr_data;
233	int	ucr_flags;
234#define	USBD_SHORT_XFER_OK	0x04	/* allow short reads */
235	int	ucr_actlen;	/* actual length transferred */
236};
237.Ed
238.Pp
239This is a dangerous operation in that it can perform arbitrary operations
240on the device.
241Some of the most dangerous (e.g., changing the device address) are not
242allowed.
243.Pp
244.It Dv USB_GET_DEVICEINFO (struct usb_device_info)
245Get an information summary for the device.
246This call will not issue any USB transactions.
247.El
248.Pp
249Note that there are two different ways of addressing configurations, interfaces,
250alternatives, and endpoints: by index or by number.
251The index is the ordinal number (starting from 0) of the descriptor
252as presented by the device.
253The number is the respective number of the entity as found in its descriptor.
254Enumeration of descriptors use the index, getting and setting typically uses
255numbers.
256.Pp
257Example:
258All endpoints (except the control endpoint) for the current configuration
259can be found by iterating the
260.Fa interface_index
261from 0 to
262.Fa config_desc->bNumInterfaces-1
263and for each of these iterating the
264.Fa endpoint_index
265from 0 to
266.Fa interface_desc->bNumEndpoints-1 .
267The
268.Fa config_index
269should be set to
270.Dv USB_CURRENT_CONFIG_INDEX
271and
272.Fa alt_index
273should be set to
274.Dv USB_CURRENT_ALT_INDEX .
275.Sh FILES
276.Bl -tag -width Pa
277.It Pa /dev/ugenN.EE
278Endpoint
279.Pa EE
280of device
281.Pa N .
282.El
283.Sh SEE ALSO
284.Xr intro 4 ,
285.Xr uhub 4 ,
286.Xr usb 4
287.Sh HISTORY
288The
289.Nm
290driver
291appeared in
292.Ox 2.6 .
293.Sh BUGS
294The driver is not yet finished; there is no access to isochronous endpoints.
295